HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: X Article, Nuclear Weapon, Iron Curtain
29 Oct 2016
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Term used for the sustained tension between soviet union and u. s. Nuclear bomb drills in schools like fire drills. Russia: where communism started, they started taking over new regions. Soviet union (ussr): the combined socialist territory russia owned. Alliance always on shaky grounds, suspicion during wwii, resentment on how countries were divided up, long standing fear of communism. February 1946, stalin makes belligerent speech to soviet union and says another war is inevitable because of the capitalist development of the world. Says to prepare for war with western nations. Winston churchill makes a speech a few months later regarding the iron curtain. Western democratic countries led by u. s. v communist eastern countries led by soviet. A message sent in 1946 from u. s. ambassador in moscow, george kennan, sent to. Contains tenants suggestions on how to deal with soviet union. Russians worried about security and borders, they"re paranoid so they want to expand to create a buffer zone.
