USSR and Cold War Flashcards
intro to Cold War
-other powers such as USA, Britain, France
-while USSR maintained military presence after ww2 so did USA
-led to Cold War
increasing tensions
-number of evens that took place leading to rise in tensions
-death of president Roosevelt and ascension of Truman
-truman was a lot more critical than rossevelt
-1949: ussr tested first atomic weapon
-truman ended land-lease aid in may 1945
-aid to support ussr economy in the war
truman doctrine
-1947
-formally ended us policy of isolationism (policy existing during inter-war years
-provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces
-truman believed us ‘support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures’
marshall plan
as part of truman doctrine
-direct investment of $16bn to European states
-aimed at reconstructing and rebuilding post-war europe
-used to stop spread of comm further west
-stalin banned capital flows from us into soviet states
-established COMECON (council for mutual econ assistance