HIST 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter cold war: German Question, Dust Bowl, United States Department Of State
17 Oct 2016
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No diplomacy, not hot (full scale tension) Period of intense antagonism between usa/ussr from 1945-1991. Started b/c peasant not treated well, wanted change. Ger 2nd front now closed, ger final assault in wwi, against t. entente, us lost many soldiers blame asdffdsfarussia for closing front: 1919: wwi, treaty of versailles and wilson"s 14 points. Point #7: self-determination = every country has own right to decide own gov w/o outside intervention: 1918-1921: russian civil war. Radical majority reds (bolsheviks) vs. reactionary minority whites (mensheviks) Us intervention to help whites b/c threatened by communism. Reds won b/c majority, taught illiterates how to read, give knowledge & food so many supporters: anti-bolshevik schools and the us state department. Intelligentsia exodus = professors, academics, intellectuals (minority) escaped to riga, latvia 1919-21. Us sent important ppl to learn about communism, closed-minded, uni in riga taught communism is bad: key figures in the development of the cold war. Averell harriman = key ambassador to su (1939-50s)
