AYB225 Lecture Notes - Paul Nitze, Anti-Communism, Great Power
Document Summary
Political and economic competition battling through many mediums: competition is expressed through foreign policy, domestic policy, and culturally. Joe mccarthy fronts the anti-communist movement in the us. Kitchen debate: krushev (then pm) and nixon (then vp) debate head-to-head on culture in a mock us kitchen. Various moments of possibility: times when things could have transpired differently, avoiding presentism. American relies on individualism (freedom: russian is collective (servitude) They begin from different points but attempt to expand their influences in the same fashion. American worldview: early 20th century, us has already grown its empire and power. Expansionism, but still isolationist: will join wwi late, when its own interests (citizens and commerce) are threatened. The war will demonstrate american potential, and the importance of fighting abroad. Not scared by the fighting of the war: wilsonsian liberalism. Summarize his ideas of the post-war world, and a world where the us would be far more powerful.
