SISU-230 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Truman Doctrine, Massive Retaliation, Marshall Plan
12 Sep 2017
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Sisu-230 - textbook note - jentleson, afp ch 5. Orthodox view puts responsibility on the soviet union because of their subversion of we governments and support for communist parties globally. Revisionist view puts responsibility on the us bc it was seeking empire for reasons of power and prosperity. National interests are served best by multilateral cooperation through international institutions. Too weak with too much distribution of power. U. s. congress was wary of world government and the un having too much power. Didn"t initially ratify the genocide convention or the udhr. Baruch plan to establish international control of nukes was rejected by ussr, increasing tensions. Un became another forum for competition between the us and the ussr. American foreign policy during the cold war was based on interests defined in terms of power. Nuclear deterrence; prevention of attack through fear of retaliation. Containment; countering soviet attempts to expand beyond their sphere of influence or spread communism.
