ATS1873 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mikhail Gorbachev, Truman Doctrine, Warsaw Pact
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Wwi: impact of wwi cannot be overstated, devastating. Technology intersecting faulty doctrines, mechanised destruction of huge armies. Lead to: treaty of versailles (unjust against germany), Pacifism = appeasement, toothless league of nations (woodrow wilson, collective security, main problem was that (cid:373)ajor po(cid:449)ers (cid:449)ere(cid:374)"t i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)ed, u (cid:374)e(cid:448)er ratified(cid:895), Wwii: russia lost 20 million, most in the world. Triumph of socialist states are inevitable according to marxism, capitalism is root of all suffering. Us support for anti-bolsheviks in russian civil war, stalin never forgot. Manhattan project, stalin knew about bomb without being told, seeds of mistrust. Row over eastern europe, free and fair elections. Russia installs controlled governments in all of them (cid:862)co(cid:374)tai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:894)george kee(cid:374)a(cid:374), 1947(cid:895) of o(cid:448)iet e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374) Marshall plan, massive foreign aid to europe following devastation of wwii (truman). Truman doctrine: that us would work to its utmost to try and aid countries resisting communist encroachment (greece, turkey) Nato (nuclear weapons) vs warsaw pact (stronger regarding conventional military numbers)
