USSR and Cold War Flashcards

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intro to Cold War

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-other powers such as USA, Britain, France
-while USSR maintained military presence after ww2 so did USA
-led to Cold War

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increasing tensions

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-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

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truman doctrine

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-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’

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marshall plan

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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

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