HIST 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Berlin Blockade, Marshall Plan, Spheres
14 Dec 2017
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Audio recording started: 9:43 am monday, april 10, 2017. Spheres of influences & buffer zone or international diplomacy & arbitration. No reparations paid from french, british, u. s. controlled germany. Patiently, yet firmly prevent communist expansion in strategic parts of the world. million in military & economic aid to greece & turkey. Over billion in aid offered to europe. Used to rebuild war-torn parts from ww ii. Causes: -set backs in china, korea, & soviet atomic capabilities. Those in hollywood being widely investigated by huac of being communists. Mr. & mrs. rosenberg"s trial & execution, 1950-53 . for treason. Joseph mccarthy 1950-54 put out a list of people who were communist spies, that actually were not. American public turns against him when he accuses the military of harvesting communism. Secretary of state, john foster dulles: aggressively attacks communism with massive retaliation. Massive retaliation: cheaper, more realistic way to fund military spending. Nikita khrushchev: -new soviet leader after josef stalin.
