HIST 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Economy Of The Soviet Union, Iron Curtain, Andrei Zhdanov
18 Apr 2013
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Tito, ecsc, nowa huta, nato, frg, gdr, comecon. European recovery plan- truman doctrine promised financial and military support to greek and turkey- stalin had seen it as a one time thing. But it caused american policy makers to rethink their strategy in europe. Famine in europe, had been a hard winter, this threatened the underlying political and social stability. Relief fund had been for this, but it turned out the red army had been taking all aid. Radical left was gaining power in western europe. Communist parties in france and italy were either dominated by moscow or lead by stalinists. Eastern europe, people had become disillusioned with the radical left. Within a few days government in france felt confident enough to eject communist party. Best way of containing stalin"s expansionism was providing endangered countries with support economic and politically. Instead of simply offering aid to just west, left it to east.
