History HIST 1320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pearl Harbor, Security Interest, Pentagon
18 Jan 2019
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The attack on pearl harbor: sneak attack, started the war, symbolizes american vulnerability. War ended in 1945 when the attack on hiroshima & nagasaki (20,000 killed 50,000 by the end of the month) symbolizes absolute certainty of american power global dominance. Started with violence, ended with violence type of closer, atomic attacks represent profound transformation of us policy. Fdr"s foreign policy: wanted to promote the new deal, avoid foreign entanglements, 1910"s idea of mutual security enlightenment progressive cooperation w rest of the world. Isolation after great depression, stays quiet, lets congress direct foreign policy. 1935 hitler begins to rearm germany builds up navy and air force, 1936 germany reclaims rhineland between france and germany treaty of. Versailles declared this was supposed to be a demilitarized zone area with best natural resources, hitler violates the treaty marches 20,000 troops into territory. 1937 japan launches full invasion of china 300,000 chinese people massacred. 1938 germany begins to restrict its jewish population.
