Early US Policy and reasons for Cold War
- Created by: charlottelgill
- Created on: 06-03-18 09:55
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Reasons behind the Cold War and containment:
- US intervention in Russia 1918-19
- Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe 1944-8
- US secret atomic bomb tests and creation
- Clashes in Eastern Europe - Germany, Greece, Turkey, Iran
- Tensions in Asia, especially Korea
- War of words, eg the Long Telegram
- US/Soviet ideological differences
Kennan's Long Telegram, produced Feb 1946, was an 8000 telegram which depicted the Soviets as agressive and stated that this was the result of the Soviet Goverment's needs to exaggerate external threats to maintain power in their own region. He claims they have always "feared foreign penetration" and there aims are for "total destruction of rival powers". It's…
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