AMH-2020 Lecture 20: The Cold War Oct 21
Document Summary
Competition between the us and ussr conducted by means short of direct military conflict. Cold war name was created by walter lippman in a newspaper. 1890- russia was trying to get territory in china. 1905 russia and china fought over that same land. They signed a deal over the conflict negotiated by theodore roosevelt: russia (cid:449)as the(cid:374) upset (cid:449)ith u (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) did(cid:374)"t get as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h as the(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted. Invasion of russia 1918: us invades russia at the head of their communist revolution (bolshevik revolution) No diplomatic relations between us and russia between 1917 and 1933. Russia and us are allies between 1941-1945: we are frie(cid:374)ds so that (cid:449)e all do(cid:374)"t lose to the a(cid:454)is po(cid:449)ers. At the end of wwii, things get tense again. Between the dropping of the two atomic bombs on japan, the ussr declares war on japan.
