HIST 2112 After the Nazis were defeated Soviet Union became the US s main enemy o Fear of communism o Considered it an attack on everything American s believed General George S Patton o Believed he was the second coming of Julius Caesar o Thought we should give a show of force to the USSR o Keep them inline o Felt WWII was over so WWIII would begin Anti Communism is a bipartisan article of faith o Both parties strongly despised Stalin o Said that 1 3 20 million people that died in WWII were Russians o Feared a rise of Nazi Germany o Set up the Eastern block Countries between Russia and Germany Set them up as buffer states Communist control Protect them from a rise of Germany once again Had to contain them o John Kennon o Wherever they move we move o Starts in Greece Fascists monarchy in the 1930s Has communists Nazis invade very brutal Fight them off Britain backs the monarchists No money after WWII Asks US to help financially for Greek civil war Support monarchists over communists Send money and military advisers Victory for containment Marxism o Philosophy that uncovers in the industrial era o Comes up with a scientific explanation of the world o The entire history of the planet can be reduced to one thing Struggle between people who labor for a product and the powerful who extract the money from their labor How to contain the Soviets o Kennon wanted no violence o The Marshall Plan 1947 People without jobs or money are people without hope People who lose hope start wondering if the system is rigged against them Start getting revolutionary ideas Therefore poverty communism Give aid to rehabilitate the landscape and to social programs o Marshall Plan is New Deal in foreign policy Start using cultural warfare against the Soviets The Berlin Airlift 1948 1948 Chinese go communist o 1911 Shin dynasty last imperial dynasty collapses o Descends to 20 years of civil war o Communists win o Non communists move to Taiwan Communist Russians get nuclear bombs Hard to contain people with the same weapons as you Believed there were spies who were sending information back to Russia The Korean War 1950 53 o Korea is divided into Communist North and Non communist South
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