HIST 202A Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Helsinki Accords, Nato, Willy Brandt
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A(cid:468)ter ww2, disa(cid:469)reements and ri(cid:622)alr(cid:629) (cid:427)et(cid:623)een the t(cid:623)o (cid:469)lo(cid:427)al superpo(cid:623)ers, [the usa and the ussb], led to the cold war. The us and so(cid:622)iet union (cid:623)ere lo(cid:428)ked in an [arms ra(cid:428)e] , or a ra(cid:428)e to de(cid:622)elop the most po(cid:623)er(cid:468)ul nu(cid:428)lear (cid:623)eapons. Bi(cid:469) s(cid:428)ien(cid:428)e (cid:428)om(cid:427)ined theoreti(cid:428)al (cid:623)ork (cid:623)ith ad(cid:622)an(cid:428)ed en(cid:469)ineerin(cid:469) to (cid:428)ontri(cid:427)ute to ad(cid:622)an(cid:428)es in militar(cid:629) te(cid:428)hnolo(cid:469)(cid:629) The us and so(cid:622)iet union (cid:623)ere also in a [spa(cid:428)e ra(cid:428)e] , a (cid:428)ompetition to see (cid:623)ho had the most dominan(cid:428)e o(cid:622)er aerospa(cid:428)e. The cold war (cid:623)as (cid:428)aused (cid:427)(cid:629) disa(cid:469)reements (cid:427)et(cid:623)een [us demo(cid:428)ra(cid:428)(cid:629) and so(cid:622)iet (cid:428)ommunism]] Communism (cid:623)ent a(cid:469)ainst the demo(cid:428)rati(cid:428) (cid:427)elie(cid:468)s o(cid:468) [(cid:428)apitalism and (cid:623)ill o(cid:468) the majorit(cid:629)] The cold war split europe into the [demo(cid:428)rati(cid:428) west (cid:427)lo(cid:428) and the (cid:428)ommunist east (cid:427)lo(cid:428)] A h(cid:629)potheti(cid:428)al [(cid:1657)iron (cid:428)urtain(cid:1658)] separated east and west europe. The cold war (cid:623)as mainl(cid:629) (cid:468)ou(cid:469)ht throu(cid:469)h [indire(cid:428)t (cid:427)attles], as (cid:427)oth sides (cid:623)ere traumatized (cid:427)(cid:629) ww2.
