I.Origins of the Cold War A.Rival postwar powers 1.United States a.Measures of power 1)Half of the world's manufacturing capacity; atomic bomb b.Global agenda: determined to avoid isolationism 2.Soviet Union a.Measures of power: militarily occupied much of eastern Europe b.Global agenda: determined to establish sphere of influence B.Roots of containment 1.Projection of Soviet dominance in eastern Europe a.Iran b.Poland, Romania, Bulgaria (the Latin America of Europe) 2.George Kennan's Long Telegram (February 1946) a.USSR was not rational b.Only US could contain them 3.Winston Churchill's iron curtain speech (March 1946) iron curtain speech
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