American Studies 2200E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Buzz Aldrin, Project Gemini, Apollo Program
28 Apr 2017
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Begins in 1945 after world war ii. Americans wanted to revert to isolation (does not work that way) American interests deeply intertwined in maintaining a global order. Depended on american economic and political strength. The united states and ussr as competing super powers. Step in to deal with and organize the recovery in war torn europe. The only two nations with the military strength and ideological confidence (strong sociological, political and culture tenants) to construct a new world order. American western style of liberal capitalism vs. soviet communism and socialism. The so(cid:448)iet"s (cid:272)(cid:396)eated a (cid:271)uffe(cid:396) zo(cid:374)e (cid:894)i(cid:396)o(cid:374) cu(cid:396)tai(cid:374)(cid:895) a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d russia. The world was quickly divided into the west and the east. Mass militarization on both sides, initiates a nuclear arms race. Describes it as the division of geographical and political regions between the united. The speech used as the moment when the cold war starts. Asserts world war ii was caused by capitalist imperialism.
