HIST10012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nsc-68, Nikita Khrushchev, Kims
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Lecture 5: the korean war and the sino-soviet alliance. United states no longer has a monopoly on nuclear weapons. The sino-soviet alliance: the chinese communist party had been a member of the. China could be a stepping stone for the expansion of communism in asia: in december of 1949, mao zedong travelled to moscow and met with stalin. Although stalin was reluctant to discuss an alliance at first, a treaty of friendship and alliance was established at the end of discussions. American foreign policy: after the proclamation of the prc, the national security council (nsc) under president truman undertook a major review of the. The origins of conflict: the korean war of 1945 between north korea and south korea (cid:449)as the first (cid:862)hot (cid:449)ar(cid:863) of the cold war era. It (cid:449)as e(cid:454)tre(cid:373)el(cid:455) significant because: it was perhaps the most dangerous in terms of superpower involvement, it signaled a new level of permanent tension between the.
