i. To keep communism from spreading to other countriesii. Put down a line, and say that if you spread across it, America will stop you1. Soviets were trying to get outside their area, and America would make them “pay a price” (blowing up weapons, supplies, costly damages, etc)c. Reagan Doctrinei. Make them pay a price so large economically that it will cause problems at home and cause dissention, crippling themii. Treaties had banned anti-ballistic missiles, but Reagan threatened the Soviets by saying we would develop them (even though we had no plans to)1. Scared the Russians to death, so they scrambled to find resources to develop their own money2. Using up money they didn’t haveIII. America and China are to the point now that we are kind of locked in together: they can’t do without us buying their products, and we can’t do without their productsa. Developing a sort of friendly, working relationshipb. A lot of our taxes are going to building up our military, in case of foreign relations going poorlyi. China is still a threatIV. Our share of the world’s wealth is falling at about 1% a yeara. We used to be 68%, and now we’re more like 28%V. If you have a bipartisan interest, other countries will depend on youVI. First Two Gulf Warsa. George H W Bush got real help (financial, supplies, etc) from 70 different countries to invade Kuwaiti. Colin Powell was telling him to be careful because “if you break it, you buy it”b. The plan was to go all out when we got in there, take out Saddam, take over Iraq, cause Civil Wars between the Sunis and the Shiites, etc, but the hard part was the exit strategyc. Cost of the first Gulf Wari. Few casualties (200)ii. Avoided hard feelingsiii. 0 financial cost1. paid for by other countriesa. Over reimbursed by Japanesed. Cost of the second Gulf Wari. A few financial allies and cosmetic allies1. Not nearly as many people helping usii. 2 trillion dollars in costiii. untold numbers of casualtiesiv. little successe. First was planned and carried out betterVII. So now what do we do?a. We won the Cold Wari. Europeans don’t follow our lead all the time anymore; very freethinking nowii. We were bearing the burden of protecting free democracy in the world, but now we’re to the point where we can’t afford it anymoreb. What is our role in the world?i. We’re not what we once were, and we can’t pay for everything like we once couldii. We’re still powerful, but not enough to do it by ourselves1. The rest of the world is not trustful of us, due to our invasion of Iraqiii. We could change the way we do foreign aid1. Instead of sending a check, we could send equipment and physical helpP SC 1113 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I. Where does America rank in the world?II. We represent 6% of the world’s populationa. Universitiesb. Disinvesting in assetsIII. Importance of the middle classIV. HealthcareV. Opinion of the US Outline of Current Lecture I. Our GenerationII. Underpinnings of the Cold Wara. Marshall Planb. Containmentc. Reagan DoctrineIII. America and ChinaIV. World’s WealthV. Gulf WarsVI. What Now?These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Current LectureI. This is the first time we don’t believe the next generation will have more opportunities than in the pastII. What were the underpinnings of the Cold War?a. The Marshall Plani. Take American money and know – how and give it to countries that had previously been our enemies in order to feed them and take care of themii. Would republicans and democrats be able to agree on that today?1. Today, there would be 60-second spotlights of people pointing outall the flaws and blaming it on the other partyiii. After countries received our help, polls showed that they were no longer about to become communistiv. SEATO1. South East Asia Treaty Organizationb. Containmenti. To keep communism from spreading to other countries ii. Put down a line, and say that if you spread across it, America will stop you1. Soviets were trying to get outside their area, and America would make them “pay a price” (blowing up weapons, supplies, costly damages, etc)c. Reagan Doctrinei. Make them pay a price so large economically that it will cause problems at home and cause dissention, crippling them ii. Treaties had banned anti-ballistic missiles, but Reagan threatened the Soviets by saying we would develop them (even though we had no plans to)1. Scared the Russians to death, so they scrambled to find resources to develop their own money2. Using up money they didn’t haveIII. America and China are to the point now that we are kind of locked in together: they can’t do without us buying their products, and we can’t do without their products a. Developing a sort of friendly, working relationship b. A lot of our taxes are going to building up our military, in case of foreign relations going poorly i. China is still a threatIV. Our share of the world’s wealth is falling at about 1% a yeara. We used to be 68%, and now we’re more like 28%V. If you have a bipartisan interest, other countries will depend on you VI. First Two Gulf Warsa. George H W Bush got real help (financial, supplies, etc) from 70 different countries to invade Kuwait i. Colin Powell was telling him to be careful because “if you break it, you buy it” b. The plan was to go all out when we got in there, take out Saddam, take over Iraq,cause Civil Wars between the Sunis and the Shiites, etc, but the hard part was the exit strategyc. Cost of the first Gulf Wari. Few casualties (200)ii. Avoided hard feelingsiii. 0 financial cost1. paid for by other countriesa. Over reimbursed by Japanesed. Cost of the second Gulf Wari. A few financial allies and cosmetic allies1. Not nearly as many people helping us ii. 2 trillion dollars in costiii. untold numbers of casualties iv. little successe. First was planned and carried out better VII. So now what do we do?a. We won the Cold Wari. Europeans don’t follow our lead all the time anymore; very freethinking now ii. We were bearing the burden of protecting free democracy in the world, but now we’re to the point where we can’t afford it anymoreb. What is our role in the world? i. We’re not what we once were, and we can’t pay for everything like we once could ii. We’re still powerful, but not enough to do it by ourselves1. The rest of the world is not trustful