INTL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nato, Mao Zedong, Truman Doctrine
9 Feb 2017
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De ning situation of the period between 1945-1990. Period of hostility, but not actual warfare between the usa and the ussr. Zones of control correspond to reach of the armies. Ussr has berlin and eastern germany, eastern europe, and northern korean. Usa with western and southern germany, japan, and southern korean peninsula. France has sectors of germany along the rhine. Stalin was paranoid and distrustful by the end of wwii: combination of slow action by allies and russian history. Churchill is vehemently opposed to bolshevism, meaning all things communist. Roosevelt is initially optimistic about post-war cooperation, but dies suddenly in 1945. Truman takes over from roosevelt and is suspicious of soviet motives. Mao wants to reestablish chinese power and ght reactionary forces, especially the. Us (greatest threat to their success after defeating japan together) Each system views the other as a sham democracy: democratic centralism vs representative democracy.
