L97 IAS 3680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: X Article, Planned Economy, Liberal Democracy

• School: WUSTL
• Department: International And Area Studies
• Course: L97 IAS 3680
• Professor: Professor Knapp

Document Summary

From allies to adversaries, the us and ussr, 1945-1947. Perceptions, fears, actions and the onset of the cold war. Within 2 years of the end of wwii, the us and ussr went from being allies to enemies. The misperceptions of each side led both to implement strategic measures to quell the other"s behavior. This action and reaction was a slippery slope which led to the cold. The allied effort had brought peace to europe. The soviet union got security along their borders, which was new. Soviets now occupied berlin and east germany. From the us point of view, stalin should have been content. Soviet behavior at the end of wwii. Ran unopposed and claimed it was therefore a democracy. It was the soviet red army that won the war. The us saw this as a declaration of cold war against the us. Americans realized stalin was no longer their ally. Laid out new version of the old 5-year plan.