HIST 3057 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Isolationism, Labor Management Relations Act Of 1947, Manhattan Project
28 Aug 2015
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Forging the postwar order hist 03. 16. 15: the onset of the cold war. During ww2, soviet union was on the same side allies almost immediately after the war, became enemies aiming nuclear weapons at each other. Who started cold war- both side sought chance in the year immediately following end of ww2 build something like empire. How each side came to see other as the enemy. History that made the cold war emerge did not have to happen but it did: u. s. : moral / ideological worldview. Europe, soviet union, japan, northern africa utterly demolished by ww2 europe especially had its economy devastated including soviet union. Us: only country with nuclear weapon had most productive economy us came out of war pretty well -undeniable that us was major world power - What us would do with that power should us engage in muscular foreign policy? should it have major military role in post ww2 world: isolationists (conservatives); internationalists (luce); containment (kennan)
