HON 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nato, Marshall Plan, Rigging
21 Sep 2016
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Soviets established the satellite states (aka eastern european states that fell under communist influence). In order to prevent the further expansion of communism into western europe, the us had to devise a plan. The containment strategy- george kennan and influenced by president truman: components to contain the soviet union. Collective security- an attack against on country is an attack against all: ex: 9/11, nato countries came to aid of the us. The marshall plan (influenced by george marshall and john marshall) By stabilizing the states financially, a communist takeover is less likely to occur. Similar to the economic assistance, it assists countries from communist takeover by assisting the country"s capitalist government. Truman doctrine: ex: greece was in a civil war, a rebel group trying to overthrow the nationalist government. Increase military spending- in order to contain soviet using this strategy, us was required to increase spending.
