AMH 2020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dixie, Korean War
24 Jun 2016
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Pg 963: know all, except the taft hard labor act, and the dixy tab. A power struggle between two or more nations, in which a direct confrontation is avoided but an indirect struggle, confrontation or agitation takes place. The end of the shot gun wedding: the war against germany kept the allies together, but after the war, they basically divorced. The defeat of japan and germany caused a power vacuum, they put countries against each other with words and ideologies between us and soviets. Originated by george kennan- creating telegrams that was the start of containment. Contain communism without having to go to war. He does(cid:374) t tell us how to do so, tru(cid:373)a(cid:374) takes it a(cid:374)d (cid:373)akes actio(cid:374) Us gave people food, so they wont starve from the soviets spreading communism and taking food. Breaks us foreign poplicy tradition in staying neutral: ends isolation forever. National security act: first act of containment politic.
