HST 296 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peaceful Coexistence, Marshall Plan, Paris Peace Accords
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India: didn"t have a good education or healthcare system. Postwar: period in which societies focus almost exclusively on repairing or reckoning with the devastation of the war itself. Ww2 deaths: soviets and chinese suffered the most devastating losses. Post-war: an ideal state of human existence sought by individuals and organizations hoping to avoid such devastating conflict in the future. Chap 1: u. s. wants to spread democracy in europe. France sides with u. s. to receive aid and an allie. Truman doctrine: u. s. would help fight communism anywhere in the world. Un founded in 1945, 2 different ideas for it; national self determination and imperial internationalism. Chap 2(communist revolutions, asian style): japan under u. s. occupation( u. s. oversaw different reforms in japan and installed a puppet government) u. s. feared jap would fall to communism. In china, mao and stalin made a friendship treaty, basically to protect one another. Mao changed a lot(women"s rights, capitalism, land reform)
