AS.190.209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Perestroika, Glasnost, Proxy War
4 Sep 2016
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Cip lecture: the origins and termination of the cold war (10/14) 3 competing explanations for the cold war: orthodox, revisionist, objective. Cold war= no one"s fault; due to fear, insecurity, chance, miscalculation on aggression- soviet union"s fault exclude s. u. from legitimate both sides (aggravated by u. s. /s. u. inexperience in foreign affairs and influence in eastern europe- u. s. "s. U. s. /s. u. couldn"t handle being suddenly thrust into being dominant powers. Domestically can see manifestations of paranoia (killed all enemies) America couldn"t do anything to console him because he was psychotic. Thinks everything america does is a trick no matter what inexperience, unpredictable, cause of. Americans not driven by fear of communism but rather fear of a new. Those who grew up in shadow of ww1 learned that one side has to give in. Many american leaders who grew up in the shadows of munich could not help in post war world. Both s. u and u. s. subject to miscalculation and both at fault.
