PSC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cuban Missile Crisis, Klaus Fuchs, Fidel Castro

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSC 204
• Professor: schutz

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P c(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1008) cla 9/(cid:1010)/(cid:1005)(cid:1011) the cold war a(cid:374)d the (cid:862)u(cid:374)ipolar (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) The ussr had spies in los alamos and in the manhattan project which were working on developing nuclear weapons for the us and britain: klaus fuchs- scientist on the manhattan project that passed nuclear secrets to. 1947: the beginning: ke(cid:374)(cid:374)a(cid:374)"s lo(cid:374)g telegra(cid:373) re(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)ds a strategy of (cid:272)o(cid:374)tai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t agai(cid:374)st the. Soviet union: preventing the spread of communism by supporting non-communist governments and providing aid against communist factions, ussr has territory in west (poland: betrayal of the west, berlin airlift. 1961-1962: cuba: bay of pigs: cia trained cuban nationalists attempt to overthrow the government of fidel castro, cuban government wants deterrence from us, russia upset about us missiles in turkey. Vietnam war: us hopes to contain the communist influence of north vietnam (drv, assists south korea starti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:1009)(cid:1004)"s, continues through kennedy, communist forces ultimately control vietnam, laos, and cambodia (1973.