HIST 1007 Lecture : The Cold War Notes
Document Summary
The cold war: 1945-1990: introduction, results of wwii, internationalism, creation of united nations: differed from league of nations in that it had a peace keeping force, human rights declarations, pessimism, new rivalry: us and ussr. People feared wwii was not last, there would be wwiii btw us and. Ussr great tension resulted: european origins, conflicting war aims, us: aims after wwii same as end of wwi to promote democracy and self-determination. Reflected fact that us had not been invaded: ussr: aims were to establish a sphere of influence, buffer states to protect it from future invasion. Soviet army conquered eastern european counties, these would be under soviet control communist governments: yalta conference feb 1945: conference in russia btw : stain, roosevelt, Ussr intended to keep e. germany as a satellite. Berlin in: germany, divided into different zones, east and west. Suspicions build: the years 1947-49, truman doctrine 1947: us will stand up to communism worldwide, won"t be isolationist.
