POL_S 103 Lecture 1: Poly Sci 103 Week 1
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Us and allies invaded siberia during russian civil war (1918-1920), Us-ussr alliance during wwii, but due to enemy of my enemy is supporting czarist forces my friend" logic. Yalta conference (1945): fdr, churchill and stalin negotiated future of eastern europe. There were elections, but not free/fair ones. Soviets influenced elections in countries they occupied in wwii, producing closely allied satellite regimes. Us increased influence in western europe with marshall plan, cia influenced elections. April 1949: nato charter signed (us, canada, w. europe) May 1955: warsaw pact signed (ussr, e. europe) Aircraft carriers in 1970: us 18, ussr 2. Aircraft carriers in 1980: us 20, ussr 4. Soviet army: 4-5 million throughout cold war. Decolonization began at end of wwii and was complete by early. 1960s lots of new states up for grabs. Many of these new states experienced civil wars, with the us and. Provided weapons and training to allied regimes to improve their stability (cid:1)
