POS 4206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Marshall Plan, Domino Theory, Walt Whitman Rostow
Document Summary
Perceptions of the cold war changed truman administration allies -> rivals cognitive construction of the soviet union by the truman administration. Nato, economic aid for europe: marshall plan, truman doctrine - us will assist any nation in containing commmunism. Soviet union communism belief that capitalism will surround the socialist nation -> Truman used rhetoric to move his pursposes forward but this becomes his own reality eventually perception of ourselves doing something -> we take on beliefs actions inform perception and vice versa. Lbj - robert johnson (undersecretary) - dear mr p escalation and bombing will not work. Rostow gate keeping bring in or keep information out. Ho chi minh psychology and effect on nationalism.
