EXAMINE the causes of the Cold War. by Stuti Desai https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl en-us 2023-09-26 14:47:34 UTC 2023-09-28 14:14:10 UTC hello@padlet.com ASSUMPTIONS sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721412466 COMMUNISM WAS TAKING OVER THE WORLD
- In reality, capitalism and communism were warring for control.
SOVIET SPIES INFILTRATED THE US
- Spying went both ways, and it was more a time of uncertainty and distrust.
US AND USSR PARTICIPATED IN MAD
- The power struggles in the Cold War were cyclical.]]> 2023-09-26 14:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721412466 US and Soviet both wanted to maintain ideological sphere of influence (Oxford) sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721421190 - US dropped bombs partly so they could control Japan over USSR
- Stalin felt the delay in Western front was meant to weaken Soviets]]> 2023-09-26 14:54:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721421190 Uncertainity/Distrust sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721442582 2023-09-26 15:05:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2721442582 Polorization sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722068120 2023-09-26 23:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722068120 Merton's religious language sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722071303 LIMITATION: Merton was a known monk pacifist, so his neg view can't be trusted, but the religious coding used for the bombs is still valuable information. This was also art, so there is the risk of exaggeration.]]> 2023-09-26 23:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722071303 Shame and history-MacMillan sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722071818 2023-09-26 23:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722071818 Profit vs Peace, Military industrial complex-Eisenhower sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722074157 Since this was his farewell address, he wasn't worried about popularity as much. As president, he wanted to ensure US future.]]> 2023-09-26 23:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722074157 Atomic bomb caused distrust-Gaddis sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722076275 - US didn't think they needed USSR anymore
- USSR had been left out of atomic bomb discussion]]> 2023-09-26 23:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722076275 Espionage helped USSR build bombs sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722081514 2023-09-26 23:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722081514 McCarthyism promised an easy solution--Eliminate the Soviets from the govt.-Ambrose-Brinkley sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722082935 2023-09-26 23:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2722082935 USSR saw West as hypocritical - Vychsky sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723398291 (Econ SOA vs imperialism)]]> 2023-09-27 16:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723398291 Cyclical nature of weaponry- The Strange Tale of the Norden Bombsite, Gladwell sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723406411 LIMITATION: Gladwell is a storyteller, VALUE: His purpose is to emphasize this very point and impart this lesson on the future]]> 2023-09-27 16:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723406411 In freed countries, pro-Soviet and Western govts were at odds-MacMillan sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723408137 2023-09-27 16:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723408137 Popper, Schmitt, Marx/Engles??? sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723443053 open society VS critique of liberalism (from fascist POV) VS rise of communism]]> 2023-09-27 16:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723443053 COLD WAR IS CYCLICAL sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723457178 Plato (open society cyclical)]]> 2023-09-27 16:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723457178 They were at odds anyway- Sinews of Peace, Churchill, Post-Revisionism sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723463378 Churchill was, in WW1, against appeasement. He didn't believe that one nation should grow in power to that extent, which is where his purpose was coming from. He saw what US and USSR were doing as similar.]]> 2023-09-27 16:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2723463378 Avalibity heuristic sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724013919 2023-09-28 02:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724013919 Kennen's logic of force sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724018431 VALUE: Kennen was US dipl. to USSR, meaning he saw firsthand the Soviet way and could speak on that. However, he was also a man with a political agenda. It is possible he could have used ethos to spread his view, overshadowing other views and creating fear.]]> 2023-09-28 02:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724018431 Iron Curtain (Churchill compared Stalin to Hitler, Soviets lost millions of people defeating Hitler) - Churchill sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724018800 2023-09-28 02:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724018800 Truman Doctrine changing USA to interventionist sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724020396 - US Pres
- Did not know much about WW2]]> 2023-09-28 02:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724020396 THESIS sdesai241 https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724535988 Despite common assumptions that the USSR was at fault for the Cold War, the Cold War was to a larger extent, an ideological battle fueled by polorization, distrust, and an unshakably cyclical structure.]]> 2023-09-28 12:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sdesai241/lorix6ica0wy0nrl/wish/2724535988