HIST 2112 1st edition Lecture 22Outline of Previous LectureI. World War II and Economic RecoveryII. African Americans and War MobilizationIII. Women and Mobilization – gender conflictsIV. Japanese-Americans and Racial HysteriaOutline of Current LectureI. The Eagle vs. the Bear: Anticommunism and the “Cold War”II. The Rise of ContainmentIII. 1949-50: China goes Communist, and the Soviets get The BombIV. Publication of NSCV. Containment gets Violent – the Korean WarCurrent Lecture I. The Eagle vs. the Bear: Anticommunism and the “Cold War”a. The US and the Soviets are alliesb. 1945 – The Nazis have surrenderedc. Both Liberals and Conservatives are CommunistsII. The Rise of Containmenta. Even before the war is over the US are thinking about the peace and what will happen in Europe b. The Russians want to have a buffer between them and the Germans, they wanted to ensure that whatever countries were around them would help themc. Europe is divided – half is communist and the other half is not communistd. The “Containment” doctrinei. Articulated by George Kennan in Foreign Affairs, 19461. Writes an anonymous journal in a newspaper and calls himself MR. X2. He lays out his plan about what to do with the Soviets3. He believes that the US should engage in long term containment of Soviets. Keep them pinned up in Europe and not let them get outii. Greece, 19471. The Greece are communist and are trying to control the British2. The British go to the US and ask us to help them out 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.3. We send troops over to Greece and they stopped the Communist movement4. The Monarchist and the Fashists are victorious5. The “Truman Doctrine” – Makes containment official US policy6. Other people thought Monolithic Communism was people who were under control from the Soviets, they were doing the biddingof the sovietsa. The World was freaking out that there would be a communist global revolutionb. Reality=not true; lots of rivalries, divisions, etc.e. Non-Violent Containmenti. The Marshal Plan (1947)1. $16 billion in aide to western Europe to rebuild its economy – a “New Deal” for Europeii. CIA Covert sponsorship of music, art, films, etc.1. Had to be pro revolutionary2. Art in the service of Ideologyf. Potentially-Violent Containmenti. The Berlin Airlift, 1948ii. Berlin was conquered and divided into 4 pieces (Russian, French, British, American)iii. Berlin is near East Germany and is connected to the rest of the free world by one railroadiv. East Germany decides to cut Berlin off from the rest of the worldv. President Truman decides to fly aircrafts over East Germany and land in Berlin to take them food, water, and other suppliesIII. 1949-50: China goes Communist, and the Soviets get The Bomb The most populist country goes communist The US start to think that it was their fault that China went communist The Russians get the bomb (1950)IV. Publication of NSCa. The NSC is a document that gives Truman a run down on the Soviet war capacityand a bunch of suggestions on what should be done to counter themb. It is a very aggressive document c. Adds a militaristic edge to containment policyV. Containment gets Violent – the Korean Wara. The Chinese invasion and
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