G11: The Cold War Begins: USSR

From the Encyclopedia of American Foreign Relations

The Soviet Union was determined to establish governments in Eastern Europe who were friendly to the Soviet Union

(aka Domino Theory)

What should be the Soviet policy line in the strategic triangle—who would be the best partner? Could vital Soviet interests be made compatible with a preservation of Big Three cooperation after the war ?

The question of whether Iosif Stalin had a comprehensive political strategy for Europe
during World War II cuts to the heart of persistent debates about his conduct of Soviet foreign
policy.

Studying Soviet ideology and propaganda towards the United States in the postwar period reveals a complicated organizational structure, ignorance, and fear.

On 1 October 1928 Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Russia launched the first Five Year Plan, a series of revolutionary economic reforms which transformed Russia from a peasant society into a power capable of resisting the might of Hitler’s Germany.

a brutal political campaign led by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to eliminate dissenting members of the Communist Party and anyone else he considered a threat

The show trials that took place in Stalin’s USSR had a very specific purpose for Stalin.

Living standards generally rose in the 1930’s despite the problems with food production and shortages elsewhere.

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