HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: High Wall, Internal Control, Berlin Wall
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Leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. Americans asserted this dominance through leadership - americans were regarded as the model of success. Communism & stalin"s view of socialism overthrowing capitalism. Us wants to spread economic capitalism throughout the world: nazi-soviet pact (1939-41) Germany and stalin divided poland: alliance of convenience (1941-45) Stalin is always worried that gb and the us will band together with germany, while the us and gb are worried stalin will do the same. Us and gb don"t get involved for a while. Ussr realized that they want stalin and his forces to exhaust their resources before they join in. In the soviet union while they were at war. Last big meeting before the cold war. Seen as the beginning of the cold war. Things they agreed on: how germany would be split, and denazification. Roosevelt: wanted an international body to mediate conflicts the united nations.
