U4 (Ideological Conflicts) Flashcards
The cold war
Ideological conflict between ussr (comm) and usa (capitalism)
whoever wins is ideologicall winner of world
At the end of WW2 where did usa and russia stand
both were allied to defeat germany, then began fighitng for dominance
cold war meaning
NO HOT CONFLICT (PROXIES AND OTHER USED BUT NOT DIRE CT ARMED CONFLICT)
What happened WW2
- seccret pact b/w russia and germany
- germany nazis betray
- stalin needs americas help
- unite to fight fascism
allied pwoers
UK USSR USA
Yalta conference
Plan to redraw europe
GERMANY CUT UP!
Expansionism
a country trying to expand its borders by taking anothers sovereignty
spheres of influence
countries that are dominated by other more powerful countires!!!
containmentq
example
trying to stop the expansion/sphere of influence of another!
us foreign policy- established strategic allies around the world to stop communists (japan etc) with MILITARY AND TRADE ALLIANCES`
Detterence
discourafinf a foreign power from taking actions by threating fear/consequences!
brinksmanship
EX
pursuing dangerous political policy to test the pressure on another country PLAYING CHICKEN
threatening each nation with atomic bomb
proxy war
armed conflict two states on BEHALF OF OTHER PARTIES NOT DIRECTLY INVOVLED!
DETENTE
Easing of hostility
liberation movements
local attempts by grassroots/govts to remove USSR sphere of influence
EX OF EXPANSIONISM
IRON CURTAIN!!!
Containment policies
truman doctrine-
Marshall Plan-
berlin arilift
bc west berlin was eventually cut off from usa support, airlift got them supplies
MAD is an example of
DETERRENCE!!! it means you must award a hot war or Mutually Assured Destruction will happen!!
nato and warsaw pact
PROTECTION AGREEMENT BW WESTERN ND EASTERN
Brinksmanship ex
Cuban misile crises
cuban missile crises
USSR mad USA tried to overthrow castro! creates missile on shore of cuba
america puts a blockade to get against
the ussr subs read the signals wrong and almost caused ww3
proxy wars
vietnam! to stop communist spread
afgnishtan! fight against pro soveit leaders
detente ex
SALT Strategic arms limmitation talks! Limited nucler pwoer of each govt
esp under gorbachev!! Removed soviet troops
what did gorbachev do
glasnost and perestroika
OPENNES! AND TURN TO CAPITALISM
Liberation movments!
Hungary 1956
REVOLT AGAINST STALINSIT OGOVT AND CREATED DEMOCRACY! soviet hung the invovled ppl
FALL OF BERLIN WALL!!!!
Imposing liberalism
Turnig another country democratic and capitalist
4 principles of liberalsim
consent of governed
equality
decentralized
freedoms1
why impose liberalism
democratic peace theory-ALLIES
Humaitarian- Help those living in dictatorships give them righta
japan enlightenment
duiring edo period (missed enlightenment)
japan democfracy
1920s had somewhat democracy fell apart bc Great Deoression
nationalisma nd militarism
NOT LIBERAL
WW2 JAPAN USA CONFLICT
Japan bombed pearl harbor
tw oatomic bombs dropped on nagasaki and hiroshima
why did japan surrendur
Atomic bombs
why did the usa impose liberalism in japan
worried that after war they will become communist and nazis
did imposing liberalism work in japan
YES !
- -remade constitution
- created democracy
- rebuitl japan
- kept emperor
did imposing lib in japan work?
YES it became a pwoerhouse!! MIRACLE
After what event did usa try nd impose lib on afghans
9;11
usa impositionn of demcoracy in afghanistan
- nato invasion after 9/11
- killed 241 k in the war
- usa seen as occupying force not liberators
- failed to build up economic infrastructure
- FORCED AMERICAN SYSTEM DID NOT FIT THE COUNTRY
