HIST 132 Lecture 10: Chapter 10
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How does the cold war manifest itself domestically and in foreign affairs. Cold war- an undeclared war between the united states and the soviet union. It would be waged by economy pressure, nuclear intimidation, propaganda, subversion, and proxy wars. Ideological competition: soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics (ussr, bolshevik party. Speech: autarkic economy, overthrow of capitalism, u. s, capitalistic economy, private citizens owned property. Individualism and democratic government: prior to wwll, ussr hemmed in, no threat, recognized in 1993, uneasy allies, protections, u. s, autarkic blocs caused wars. Free flow of goods, people, and information: ussr. Self-determination: groundwork for postwar world, untied nations, poland, potsdam, germany. France brought in: germany and berlin divided into zones of occupation, ussr- to divide and weaken, part to blame, reparations, united nations, october 1945, veto vote at security council. Iron curtain: stalin restricted its satellite countries, winston churchill. "police action: national security council, tripled defense spending, h-bombs.