HIST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan, Korean War
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Cold war because no hard conflict - but anticipating conflict. Proxy wars (spirit of influence wars - us and ussr are fighting each other, but through different countries e. g. vietnam, korea) Undisputed power during imperialism (gb) had to be a winner. Cold war starts before wwii even ended i. ii. iii. iv. Right after wwi ussr feels like it has to arm itself. Us has atomic bomb, more access to territories, best military, golden period economy. During end of wwii 1943-1945 treaties: security and stability i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. Both sides want, they just go about it in different ways. One big pr nightmare across the entire globe - trying to persuade world that your way is the right way. Long war keep people unified on home front and national front. During the 1930s, communism not detrimental, soviets doing fine became attractive. Us and ussr only allies only because they both hate hitler d.
