HS 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Greek Civil War, Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain
7 Nov 2017
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Interpret 3rd world (underdeveloped countries) through cold war lens. Bipolar contest between usa/ussr over spheres of influence/world power. Each believe other seeks world domination u a did(cid:374)(cid:859)t reall(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to go do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ate (cid:374)e(cid:449) la(cid:374)d, a(cid:374)d so(cid:373)e(cid:449)hat the u did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to either. Wwii(cid:859)s destru(cid:272)tio(cid:374), desta(cid:271)ilize eurasia (asian holding held by european countries) Civil wars, (greece, china) greece is mostly being controlled by england at this time. Decolonization an independent india will emerge and egypt will want to become free, both controlled by. Usa and ussr, different: (the united states likes to get economically invested in different countries) Some people at this time thought capitalism would implode on themselves, so ussr was afraid that the usa and england would implode and try to come and attack them. He was a fascinating figure to us because he was so terrible and violent.
