CGS SS 202 Lecture 4: CGS SS 202 Lecture : CGS SS 202 Lecture : 1_31_2018 discussio

• School: Boston University
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: CGS SS 202
• Professor: June Grasso

Document Summary

Warns trumman administration of soviet danger in trying to endanger europe. Published source of soviet conduct (1947) under x because it published things he never wanted to hear. Four sections of source of soviet conduct (1947) Gave goals of communist party from ww1 to ww2. In second section, kennan said ideas have to change. kennan says the goal of communist is trying to control world. Compares communism spread in e europe as the church tried to do. Kennan says like the churchbaubles of the future (reader p. 28)- this quote alarms congress. Churches were originally not welcome (particularly catholic ones). But gradually, there began to been too many. In the third section- kennan comes up with the fact that containment of the soviets was necessary. People"s republic of china establishment - not a event truman could control. Us sent so much aid to enemies of communist. People were furious at truman for losing china to the communists.