PS-0061 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marshall Plan, Constitution Of Japan, Hegemony
28 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Came out of ww1 as rising great power. Policy of aggressive expansionism through military conquest in far east. Needed oil & other natural resources to support growth: had to acquire resources through expansionism. Japan concerned about economic strangulation by the west o o. Began on oct 24, 1929 (black thursday) o o. Fdr & new deal change/expand government role. Allowed nazi party to gain traction: hitler on a platform of economic reform, used war as political tool. Played huge background role in ww2 buildup. Germans realize: they don"t have to defeat their adversaries, they just have to prevent an alliance from forming against them. Chain-ganging: when states are dragged into war by reckless allies o. Buck-passing: when states allow others to bear the burden of halting the rise of a state that threatens to achieve hegemony o. Paired up with belgium, poland, little entente: decided it couldn"t rely on alliances, built the maginot line.
