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cold war: and let the games begin
What was the Cold War? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …In the summer of 1947 representatives of France and Great Britain met in Paris with the Soviets to discuss Marshall’s offer of aid to Europe. The Soviets, … Continue reading
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Tagged cuban missile crisis, Ernest Bevin, Fidel Castro, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, george Seaton Director, Georges Bidault French foreign minister, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, monroe doctrine, Montgomery Clift, senator joseph mccarthy, The Big Lift movie, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
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cold war: breathtaking arrogance
What exactly was the Cold War? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… The Truman Doctrine: …At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. The choice is too often not … Continue reading
the cold war: a plague on both your houses
What was the Cold War, who started it? and could it have been avoided?… …In the last days of 1946, the prime minister of Greece, Constantine Tsaldaris, had come to Washington with an urgent request for financial and military aid. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chen Chieh-Jen Taiwan artist, China Civil War, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, Greek Prime Minister Constantine Tsaldaris, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Howard Zinn, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Secretary of State Byrnes, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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cold war: lend or lease?
The Cold War. What was it? Who started it? Could it have been averted?… …Their mistrust of America was further sharpened right after the Japanese offered unconditional surrender on August 14,1945: a week later, President Truman officially terminated the Lend-Lease … Continue reading
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Tagged Averill Harriman, Bernard Lewis historian, Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Lend-Lease Act, Madame Pickwick, Potsdam Conference, President Truman, Soviet Aggression Finland 1939-40, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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cold war: I believe
What was the Cold War exactly? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …The morning of February 22, Secretary Marshall, speaking at Princeton University, picked up the burden that Britain had laid down. He said that “if democratic processes … Continue reading
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Tagged Argo movie, Ben Affleck Argo, Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Howard Zinn, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Sam Huntington, The Cold War, The Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine
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catching a cold war
What exactly was the Cold War? When and where did it begin? Why? Who started it and could it have been avoided?…. …In the Far East, the Japanese had also moved. They occupied Vladivostok, and the Soviets saw themselves encircled … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Columbia, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Joseph M. Jones The State Department, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, Russian Civil War, Truman Doctrine, Vladimir Ilich Lenin, Woodrow Wilson
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What exactly was a cold war?
When and where did it begin? Why? Who started it and could it have been avoided? …Although its history is vast and complex, the Cold War was essentially a struggle for power between the Soviet Union and the United States. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Joseph M. Jones, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Leon Trotsky, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine, Woodrow Wilson
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cold war: let their people go
The Cold War. What exactly was the Cold War? Who started it? Could it have been avoided?… …If there is a god of history, he must have been an angry sovereign in the year 1947, for hot and cold wars … Continue reading
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Tagged Emad Burnat director, Gar Alperovitz, General George C. Marshall, Guy Davidi, Guy Davidi Five Broken Cameras, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, Israel War of Independence, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, The Cold War, The Jewish Agency, Truman Doctrine
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cold and chilly: before the deep freeze
What exactly was the Cold War? Who started it and could it have been averted?… …In that early Cold War summer of 1946, with the Greek government embattled and near economic collapse, the British began to consult with American officials, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Airlift 1948, Berlin Airlift 1949, Dean Acheson, Dean Rusk, Gar Alperovitz, Greek Civil War 1946, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Operation Vittles Berlin, President Truman, Secretary Byrnes America, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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the cold war?
…What exactly was the cold war? When and where did it begin? why? Who started it and could it have been avoided? These are fascinating questions that have been posed and answered by all manner of experts for the past … Continue reading
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Tagged Dean Acheson, Fletcher School of Law Tufts, Fons van Woerkom, Gar Alperovitz, Joseph M. Jones State Department, Joseph M. Jones The Fifteen Weeks, Joseph Stalin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noam Chomsky, President Harry Truman, The Berlin Wall, The Cold War, Truman Doctrine
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