HIS344Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.doc
Document Summary
Last 2 classes: meltdown of the grand alliance. Yalta: all three powers made an effort to remain in cooperation and defeat germany (balance between national interest and cooperation) Potsdam: the powers are unable to address the issues (a huge gap exists in the understanding of the post-wwii system) American nuclear foreign policy was a failure. A reversal of priorities; instead of cooperation, each state pursued national interests at the expense of others. Russia would no longer work with the americans/british after 1945. Truman was fed up with the russians and the russians knew this. Because they were no longer cooperating with britain, they wanted to place bases in turkey and iran. To preserve national interests; a clear axis through the straits. Kars, a province in northern turkey that russia wanted. Ardahan, a province in northern turkey to be retried to russia. *turkey was neutral during wwii and was thus a haven for nazi spies.
