HIST 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Total War, Iron Curtain
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The president and secretary of state want to re- examine the objectives in peace and war and the effect of the objections on their strategy. The defeat of germany and japan and the decline of british and french empires have interacted with the development of the us. The soviet union wants to impose complete authority over the rest of the world. With the development of weapons of mass destruction, people face the possibility of annihilation and should enter the conflict phase of total war. The purpose of the us is to assure the integrity and vitality of the free society which is founded upon dignity and worth of individuals. Want to maintain american freedom, determination to create conditions under which free and democratic system can live and determination to fight if necessary their way of life. They want to control the ussr and international communist movements and to retain their power.