POL 349 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Capitalism, Chemical Warfare, Arms Control
11 Nov 2015
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Definition : a state of permanent hostility between two powers which never erupts into an armed confrontation or a hot war. Means used in the cold war: u. s. dollar (for world commodities, gold, oil etc. ) Bretton woods agreement: monetary order to govern monetary relations among states: military force, nuclear arsenal, alliance systems. Developing countries: nam (non-aligned movement) not formally aligned or against any major power (member and observer countries: economic warfare. International peace and co-operation (un: no formal spheres of influence (eg. former su, spread of democracy (free speech, free elections, free trade (open door, reconstruction of world economy (imf, world bank) Stalin"s key post-war aims: co-operation with america, russian security, sphere of influence on soviet perimeter, limiting german power, economic reconstruction of soviet union. The breakdown of the us-soviet alliance, 1945: key issues. First american atomic bomb exploded, american atomic monopoly: worried stalin. Influenced american attitudes towards the su: the atomic diplomacy.
