HIST352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Wirtschaftswunder, Class Conflict, Marshall Plan
22 Dec 2016
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Theme 2: carving up europe: the origins of the cold war. 7: what were soviet and american aims in germany and europe in the immediate post-war period, what were differences in de-nazification policies in east and. Western zones of germany, and how did these differences reflect a difference in basis of understanding the origins of nazism. French insisted on division so it couldn"t be a unified power again; not clear if stalin wanted division, initially wanted neutrality and retribution of germany; american position under roosevelt was for reparations, Unable to agree; marshall plan bad from the soviets" side; cominform in september and communist coup d" tat in prague in february 1948 bad from the american side. 2nd half of 1947; the foreign ministers meeting in moscow; couldn"t agree on a basis for a german peace treaty; coincided with the truman doctrine; marked anti-communist policy in washington. Said the issues were rooted back in history, far beyond 1917; incompatibility of interests.
