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Fear and aggression USSR and US
Battle of the words
Stalin had a speech about the west and east could never peacefully survive together --> spreaded fear in the west.
Soviet historians claim the speech was misled by the US diplomas.
Churchill responded
the battle of words and the speech made by Stalin had further contributed towards the tensions as Stalin said that the two ideologies could not live in peace, and that war was inevitable.
Marshall plan
Recover European economic
Official reason is to recover the post war economic in eroup
Reason behind it --> Bad economic leads to growth in communism
thus prosperity inhibits communism, therefore well and positive economy in west and middle Europe is essential for the survival of capitalism and US.
Marshall Stalin Plan
The response to Marshall plan from the USSR
To support nabour communist countries economic through labour force and centralised control & To prevent more countries joining the US Marshall plan.
The Marshall plan was free market and Stalin Marshall plan was extremely centralised, which
The creation of the nato coalition created deeper divide between the east and west, capitalism vs communism.
The Soviet Union employed salami tactics to stage communist takeovers in Eastern European countries, creating an ideological threat to the capitalist society of Western Europe
The takeover of Czechoslovakia by communist party members spread fear of the communists' further influence amongst the Western nations
Truman doctrine was designed to help democratic nations under the threat of authoritarian forces. Which allowed the US to push back the expansion of communism.
The salami tactics played a big role in the communist takeover of czechoslovakia. Communists used intimidation and murder to promote fear, causing the non-communist members to resign.
The ideological differences between the USA and USSR has fueled fear and aggression that ultimately led to the cold war. Stalin in his 1946 speech talked about how communism and capitalism could not coexist and capitalism was the reason for WW1 and WW2.
Kennan's long telegram warned the US about the expansionist thoughts of the ussr, directly contributing the implementation of the truman doctrine, which was set to stop the spread of communism and counter soviet geopolitical