HS 132 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Marshall Plan, Mao Zedong, International Monetary Fund
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28 the cold war 1945-1961: from allies to adversaries. Decolonization: impearilists forced to free nations britain/india, u. s/philipines. Stalin"s arms: stalin and soviets wanted to expand land and economy to. America was the strongest power at the end of wwii. Afraid ussr would threaten power- u. s built bases over seas. International monetary fund (imf): stabilize trade and funding- soviets refused to agree. Soviets and americans: poland is exiled and refused communist government. Soviets thought atomic bomb could be used as threat. Truman and churchill anglo saxon partnership against stalin. Un charter: u. s, soviet, gb, china, and france-veto others. Doctrine: support free people from armed minorities/outside forces/russia: containment in action. U. s helped europe with recovery: send money for legislature. Foreign aid dollars had to be spent on american products. Truman re-elected- wanted alliance between u. s and canada and western. U. s began building a bomb called the super : cold war in asia. Mao zedong: china adminisatrater: didn"t follow u. s advice.
