World History Test Iii Lecture Stuff

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Main Points of Origins of cold War

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· Events among Grand Alliance during WWII contributed to Cold War
· Allies polarized even during WWII
· Much of this wartime conflict centered on Eastern Europe
· Ex. Second-front Controversy, Eastern Europe, Yalta

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Grand Alliance of WWII

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· U.S. , G.B, and USSR
· Unity during the war important precursor for postwar world
· Conflicting needs and ambitions undermined wartime unity

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2 Sources of Conflict

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· How to conduct the Allied war effort: second-hand controversy
· What would the postwar settlement be: Eastern Europe

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Second Front Controversy

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· Soviets needs a Second-Front opened to divide German military
· Soviet participation in Grand Alliance premises on opened of a Second-Front
· U.S.-G.B delay fueled Soviet suspicions

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Eastern Europe Controversy

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· Soviets start to win war against Germany on their own—headed for Berlin
· Whoever accepted German surrender would determine postwar settlement for Europe
· U.S.-G.B. did not want Soviets to have that advantage, but they did anyway.

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What did Soviet advance into Germany mean for postwar settlement?

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· No one power would alone dictate the terms of peace in Europe
· US, GB, USSR aims for the postwar settlement would conflict
· Eastern Europe would be pawn in the postwar settlement

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Yalta Basics

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· USSR recognized as major power in Eastern Europe
· Soviets agree to some limitations on that power in Poland (“free elections”)
· Declaration of a Liberated Europe: to recognize national self-determination
· Soviets agree to declare war on Japan

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Problems with Yalta

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· Vague wording: what did “free unfettered elections held sometime in the future” really mean?
· FDR’s personal diplomacy: Truman not privy to his thoughts or views on or history with the Soviets or Stalin

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Understanding the civil War--Main Points

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· Ideology, security, and Percetion are the building blocks of the Cold War for the U.S.
· CONTAINMENT Policy is the cement of the Cold War for the U.S.
· US will be involved in the world like never before

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Building blocks of Civil War

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Ideology
· Soviets—world=bad imperialist-capitalist regimes vs. good communist progressive regimes
· US—world=bad communist imperialist dictators vs. good democratic Free World
Security to Soviets
· --context of past invasions from West
· devasion of WWII
· **Secure borders and access to resources are priorities
Perception
· --Each perceives in other’s actions a threat to own interests/security
· --“tit-for-tat” relations: move and counter-move

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Cement of Cold War

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CONTAINMENT POLICY
· --Truman Doctrine of 1947
· --“It must be the policy of the US to support the free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures”

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Paths of containment

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Paths of CONTAINMENT
· -Counterforce: thwart any attempt to expance
· -Economic aid: rebuild, develop, support
· Alliances: isolate Soviets