PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Berlin Wall, Totalitarianism, Glasnost
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> shows that america wanted to work with the soviet-union. The cold war: oversight international history of the twentieth century and beyond". There was a clash of values and visions of the world powers. 1945 february: conference of yalta, with roosevelt, churchill and stalin. Collective security, new international organization to replace the league of nations (1919- All three had different ways of seeking peace: United nations (all states + executive (uitvoerende) great powers), 1944. Dominating eastern europe, the states divided europe in influence-area"s, not an take-over plan, but for security reasons. Wanted help from soviet-union to protect its colonies. Afraight for soviet influence in europa, asked france to join the occupation of germany. > atom-bomb detonation in 1945, stalin hardens too. > poland caused tension, west claimed free elections, east was scared for an anti-soviet outcome and refused. Pages 229-260: the first" cold war in 1945-1961.