GOV 312L Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Cuban Missile Crisis
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Us must continue to regard the ussr as a rival and called for added strain to be imposed on ussr. Believed the soviet ideology could be weakened by us casting an image of strength and economic stability. He knows that ussr is patient and ussr believes that the us capitalism is inherently flawed and that the working class will rise up and overthrow the system. Kennan"s definition of the soviet threat containment strategy. The soviet union was like water flow wherever it could but wasn"t so aggressive. Civil war in greece between local government and communist forces. Truman argued for us support to greek government since british withdrew from the region for its experienced devastation from wwii and left a power vacuum. Diminished power of gb, increased power of us made us a hegemonic power (liberal hegemony) Domino theory- legitimize third world interventions in cold war to prevent spread of.
