POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Yalta Conference, Berlin Blockade, Jan Masaryk
Document Summary
De nition: period of ideological opposition between the soviet union and the us during which both sides did everything short of military con ict to destroy each other. Cold war" had origins in 14th century - popularized in the 40s by walter lippmann: transition from the age of empire to the age of superpowers, de ned global politics. Total annihilation of the entire world - no victors. Iran: soviet troops move into northern iran: turkey: demanded territory and bases that would allow it to control the turkish straits. 1946: us took the matter to un security council - soviet troops withdrew. Extremely controversial - some argue one of the other. Central and eastern europe controlled by moscow: poland (russian dominated) - made inroads in germany and had a mass explosion of germans, totalitarian control in ee expanded due to communism. Introduction of a separate east/west currency created a measure of equality - conversion rate: managed to kickstart german economy.
