Geopolitical inevitability Flashcards
1
Q
In 1835, what did the French political commentator Alexis de Tocqueville argue about the USA and Russia?
A
They seemed ‘marked out by the will of Heaven to sway the destinies of half the globe’
2
Q
How was the Cold War the outcome of the two powers struggle for influence and prestige?
A
US and Russian expansionism pre-dated 1945, brought the two powers into closer contact, so generating rivarly
3
Q
Give a quote from Hitler in 1945 that argues conflict between the US and USSR was inevitable
A
‘there remain only two Great Powers capable of confronting each other - the US and Soviet Russia. The laws of both history and geography will compel these two powers to a trail of strength, either military or in the fields of economics and ideology’
