HIST 2112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
20 Oct 2016
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Hist 2112 - chapter 24: the cold war. From 1945-1991, all u. s. foreign policy was related to the soviet union (u. s. s. r. ) Opponents of the civil rights movement said it was a communist plot to cause war within the. Anticommunism was bipartisan - liberals were not communists! Nuance is everything: conservatives were more anti-communist than liberals, parties divided over intensity and tactics used against communism - documents 24. 1 and. Eastern europe occupied by the u. s. s. r. (communist) Policy to contain the spread of communism. Made the official u. s. policy with the truman doctrine following the u. s. support of fascists in. Chess game: communist soviets make a move, u. s. responds accordingly. Monolithic communism was the assumption that all communists were under soviet control - not true. Economic containment: 1947 marshall plan: u. s. gave humanitarian assistance ( billion) in aid to western. Encouraged by the belief that poverty breeds communism - document 24. 3.
