HISTORY 40C Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Anti-Communism, Central Intelligence Agency, Covert Operation
8 Jun 2016
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Why the end of wwii brought not contentment but anxiety and fear: an age of containment dominated by a fervor of anticommunism. The us government assumed large new powers to contain influence of the soviet union and communism abroad. Postwar anxieties (discussed last time) fed fears that changes within the us also needed to be contained. Soviet union and us: from wartime allies to cold war enemies. Soviet postwar takeovers and purges in eastern europe. Strong communist parties in france, italy, and japan. Outbreak of war on korean peninsula (1950-1953): un sends troops but there was no victor and korea remained divided. #68 (1950) which provided the basic outlines of cold war containment strategy. New powers the us government assumed in order to fight the expansion of communist regimes. New alliance systems such as nato and security treaty with japan, Central intelligence agency (including covert action, psychological warfare)
