HIS242H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Berlin Wall, Neoliberalism, Maastricht Treaty
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Cold war, determines the world we live in today. Spreading capitalism, that they necessarily did not want: arsenal of democracy. Much, like soviet union, in european union. Lessen soviet control in czech: reforms with a human face . Decentralization of economy: capitalism, freer to engage in economic self-interest , goes against marx. His influence catches to other countries in e. eu. Prague is invaded by soviets, due to dubcek. Resistance movements in czech against soviets, openly. Prague spring, 1968: soviet, formulates a foreign policy, doctrine, brezhnev doctrine, any e eu country, that tries to change they will get invaded. Russians have intervening rights, where marx/soviet principles are not being obeyed: brezhnev doctrine: roosevelt doctrine: american. Prague spring: change is not going to happen soviet system remains . If each side had enough nukes against each side: mutually assured destruction. During a time where the united states people were going through the crack epidemic.
