HIST 1007 Chapter : The Cold War 11 08 10
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Cold war = rivalry b/t u. s. and soviet union: people feared that this would lead to wwiii. 22 million 28875 in aid basically in gifts as a vaccine against communist takeover. *increased russian suspicions, upped tension: russians get the atomic bomb, 1949. U. s. and russia start stockpiling h- bombs, even more destructive (20 x) than a bombs of hiroshima: nato alliance an attack on any of n. atlantic (and e. Mediterranean) countries = an attack on all of them. Same message soviets determined to hold on: berlin and the wall (1961) west had an enclave in east. Germany; 100,000s left east germany to vote with feet , become citizens of u. s. /g. b. controlled germany. In response, germans build the wall: the case of latin america u. s. has zone of influence in latin america. Supports native gov"ts, even dictatorships: guatemala: jacobo arbenz (r. 1950-54) seeks to redistribute u. s. colony plantations to guatemalans.
