POL 373 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: International Monetary Fund, Atlantic Charter, Bretton Woods System
22 Dec 2017
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Like the united states, the ussr inherited a distinct style of foreign policy. Naturally hostile because they"ve been attacked on all side for centuries. Expanded constantly to keep large swathes of land between enemies and heart of russia. For russia peace was abnormal and conflict normal but for the united states peace was normal and conflict abnormal. Great britain took the first steps to oppose soviet expansion in europe and asia but was too weak following world war ii. President truman came up with the containment doctrine to curb soviet expansion following. Churchill wanted more and wasn"t happy with the american demobilization, took his case to the american people. George kennan helped create the new strategy to combat the ussr during the truman administration. Believed the united state could take on the ussr for long term because the united. +couldn"t do this because great britain could no longer police the world.
