Source Analysis Flashcards
From the following source, what was Europe seen by both the U.S. and USSR as?: The so-called Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan are particularly glaring examples of the manner in which the principles of the United Nations are violated, of the way in which the organisation is ignored. This is clearly proved by the measures taken by the United States Government with regard to Greece and Turkey which ignore and bypass the United States as well as the measures proposed under the so-called Marshall Plan in Europe.
This policy conflicts sharply with the principles expressed by the General Assembly in its resolution of 11th December, 1946, which declares that relief supplies to other countries “ should at no time be used as a political weapon.” It is becoming more and more evident to everyone that the implementation of the Marshall plan will mean placing European countries under the economic and political control of the United States.
Europe was seen by both the U.S. and USSR as a key front in the ideological, economic and military conflict that was the Cold War.
From the following source, what is Vyshinsky concerned about?: The so-called Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan are particularly glaring examples of the manner in which the principles of the United Nations are violated, of the way in which the organisation is ignored. This is clearly proved by the measures taken by the United States Government with regard to Greece and Turkey which ignore and bypass the United States as well as the measures proposed under the so-called Marshall Plan in Europe.
This policy conflicts sharply with the principles expressed by the General Assembly in its resolution of 11th December, 1946, which declares that relief supplies to other countries “ should at no time be used as a political weapon.” It is becoming more and more evident to everyone that the implementation of the Marshall plan will mean placing European countries under the economic and political control of the United States.
Vyshinsky is concerned that the U.S. Is sending financial aid to Europe to control States there.
What does the following quote reveal?: “ Soviet Representative Vishinsky’s moderate veto statement, made during the voting on the Security Council compromise proposal, suggests the USSR may be interested in an eventual face-saving solution of the Berlin dispute. Vishinsky barely referred to the contention of the USSR that the UN has no jurisdiction over the Berlin controversy. The soviet representative defended the veto largely on the grounds that the proposed ending of the blockade and the introduction of the Soviet Currency in Berlin were not to be simultaneous. This implicit willingness to accept the UN as a forum for negotiation on Berlin indicates that there is still some possibility that the USSR is interested in finding a compromise solution to the dispute.
The Soviet Union may now be inclined toward conciliation because it recognises that the Berlin blockade has failed to dissuade the western powers from proceeding with a separate organisation for western Germany or to force them out of Berlin. The USSR may even recognise that the present success of the airlift, combined with the firm stand of the western powers has 1) raised prestige in Germany and increased German hostility to the Soviet Union;2) spurred western plans for rearmament and military coalition; and 3) precipitated the local problem of Berlin into a crisis of world scope, far exceeding Soviet calculations. While awaiting further developments in the UN, the USSR will also look for positive evidence that the aircraft can, or cannot, overcome the Berlin winter.
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What does a political cartoon showing two groups of men throwing arrows at each other with bombs behind them saying “ on no account to be used-because the enemy might retaliate” reveal about the Cold War?
This cartoon reveals that the U.S. and USSR were fighting each other with conventional weapons and proxy wars instead of direct, nuclear conflict because of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
