Modern Western Civilization Lecture

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Modern Western CivilizationLecture 14

• Cold War and Social Reforms
• 1945-1985

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Themes

• The Cold War stymied nationalism.
• 2. Most European nations underwent reform in the
  1960s and crisis in the 1970s and 1980s.

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George F. Kennan and Containment

• Kennan was a member of the foreign service,
  stationed in the USSR since 1924.
• Sent the long telegram to Truman in 1946.
• He recommended that the U.S. should adopt a
  policy of Containment toward the Soviets.
  Every time the Soviets make an aggressive move,
  the U.S. should put a barrier to further
  aggression.
• Those barriers include sending money or troops,
  and improving the world image of the U.S.
• He based this conclusion on Marxist philosophy.

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Truman Doctrine

• Anytime freedom loving people face a Communist
  threat, the United States will help defend those
  people.
• That help could include money, arms, or troops.

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An East German shot trying to climb the Berlin
Wall
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Andor Heller

• When did the Hungarians revolt? What events in
  the Soviet Union sparked this revolt? What was
  Andor Hellers role in this revolt?
• How did he depict the average Hungarian in these
  events? Give some examples.
• How did the Hungarians want to change the
  relationship between Hungary and the Soviet
  Union? What does this suggest about the nature
  of the Warsaw Pact before this revolt?
• What was the new flag of freedom? What does
  that new flag suggest about the motives of the
  Hungarians?
• What plans were the Hungarians making for their
  future?
• What was the Soviet response?

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Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
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