HIST10012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: X Article, Appeasement, Cominform
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Lecture 3: the iron curtain europe divided: after the second world war, there were a number of developments in the international political and economic architecture of the world. Inspired by political statements made during the world war, such as the atlantic charter: the united nations charter was officially set up and signed in june, it came into existence in october 1945. Post war structure of europe: the decisions about how to structure post-war europe were marked by increasing tensions between the soviet union and the. United states: at the end of the war, both countries saw the other as an imminent threat, the long telegram was sent by george kennan on the 22nd of. Kennan was asked to provide a summary of the. Eastern europe to ensure that the soviet union could not be invaded again: by the late 1940s, all of the governments of eastern europe were communist regimes.
