HIS306H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Economic Planning, Free Trade, Free Market
HIS306 The Cold War – May 8th Lecture 1
[CNN documentary about the Cold War]
Outline –
Pre WWII origins
See key questions; locate Cold War, origins. Politics of war, who contributes? Why is is
Cold? What ere the ai harateristis?
At its core: Ideological conflict. Two super powers willing to enact their ideologies.
→ American liberalism
- Liberty
- Free trade
- Free market
- Individual liberty
- Advocates gradualism
vs
→ Soviet communism
- Collectivity (workers)
- Capitalism = evil
- Economic planning
- Think of capitalism as exploitive
- Think change only happens through revolution
→ Cold War:
- universalistic
- Modernity
- International order challenges
- Progressive
- Engerman: tension between determinism and messianism
• Both were extremely optimistic
• Optimism / insecurity
→ History believed by each Leader to be on their side. Own power with historical aspect.
→ Sure it was going to happen but very impatient.
→ Col ar ieitale? … We aot say.
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Document Summary
His306 the cold war may 8th lecture 1. Two super powers willing to enact their ideologies. International order challenges: both were extremely optimistic, optimism / insecurity. History believed by each leader to be on their side. Sure it was going to happen but very impatient. World of empires ruling the seas, world to have these to main empires. The free world and the socialist block. Absence of great power conflict, not cold but violent/hot, except that violence did happen, in other countries. Cold war, cold in the north but hot in the south. + one motor for the house hold: competing. + propaganda: winning hearts and minds of people (proxies). 1917 key because of the russian revolutions, ussr (russia at the time) pulls out of. Tsar in russia to offer constitutions/reforms that were very close to repressions. October 1917 lead to lenin at power legitimize communist revolution. Americans are worried by this change, so begins interventions.
