Gaddis- Chapter 3

I: Main Idea: Lenin and Wilson: How capitalism will end

1. Marx and Sybil warned that capitalism would soon fail. Communism was behind but would soon succeed.

2. Social welfare state- US solution to save capitalism

3. Wilson 14 points

II: Main Idea: Capitalism vs Communism

1. Authoritarian vs. Democratic revolution

2. Capitalism declines after WWII, authoritarian dictatorships more appealing

3. Doubts within US about capitalism

III: Main Idea: Need to save capitalism

1. Cold War changes views on capitalism=good

2. UN- Stalin wanted nothing to do with since it was to save capitalism

3, 3 important speeds: Stalin, Churchill and Truman

4. "There are, in short, two worlds instead on one" (98)

IV: Main Idea: Stalin Control

1. Purges

2. Harsh on Eastern Germany and Berlin- used force and fear

3. Wants western powers to chose communism- though they would

V: Main Idea: US taking lead- SU responds

1. "... communism suppressed freedom. It would also have to demonstrate that capitalism could sustain it"

2. Capitalism needed to show hope not fear

3. Marshall Plan- Stalin tightens grip

4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization- Stalin becomes more harsh on his countries

VI: Main Idea: Beria

1. New Leader of SU after Stalin

2. Suspended Purges, ended Korean War

3. Wanted a reunified democratic German state- riots break out and he was killed

VII: Main Idea: Khrushchev

1. Wanted to take on the legacy of Stalin

2. Denounced Stalins crimes- 1st time communism showed it could make mistakes

3. Other communist states do this- rebellions, Khrushchec crushes them

4. Mao advises SU- Marxism-Leninism now inseperable from Stalinism

VIII: Main Idea: Mao

1. Wants to be like Stalin, but didn't like to deal with him

2. Doesn't want to transform peasant

3. Great Leap forward= worse than Stalin's Five year plan

IX: Communism failing

1. Many people in East Germany want to go to West Germany

2. Berlin Wall- East Germany didn't feel threatened, but showed communism was desperate

X: Main Idea: Capitalism thriving

1. "And on the other side of the wall,capitalism was succeeding" (115)

2. Premises of communism was wrong- capitalists did learn from history

3. Many people died under communism

Gaddis Chapters 1 and 2

Chapter 1

I: Main Idea: Similarities and differences between the US and USSR

1. There were a few similarities in their history, and how each country came to exist, but each country in that present day were extremely different, and the differences were vast

2. US was a free society, USSR was an authoritarian society

3. Different views on postwar settlements, US has a strong economy, USSR has a stabile government

II: Main Idea: What Stalin Wants after WWII

1. Thought since Russia gave up so much ,they should get a lot from treaties

2. Thought capitalists would fight among each other, then Stalin would gain world power

III: Main Idea: US involvement in war

1. US wants security, and usually remained isolated

2. Became model for the world. Wanted to keep allies and make sure they stay strong after the War

IV: Main Idea: Trust diminishing between Allies

1. Second front: Western powers didn't enter to help USSR for awhile

2. Spheres of influence: Stalin doesn't keep promises of Yalta conference, Western powers have no trust

3. Atomic Bomb: Western powers didn't tell Stalin

V: Main Idea: Containment

1. Because of the Kennan telegram, US decided to keep Communism contained

2. Truman Doctrine

3. Marshall Plan- Stalin falls for it, and tightens grip

4. Blockade of Berlin and North Atlantic Treaty

VI: Main Idea: No trust of anyone

1. Espionage- limiting trust within countries

2. Mao gets control- US wary: Sino-Soviet Treaty

3. Soviet Union gets own A-Bomb really quick

VII: Main Idea: Korean War

1. USSR helps North Korea

2. So US goes and helps South Korea

3. A limited War

VIII: Main Idea: No security

1. Ideologies are different

2. Fear

Chapter 2

I: Main Idea: How weapons were used in the past

1. Once weapons were made they were ready to use

2. Technology advanced as well as lethality

II: Main Idea: New Tactic

1. In the past once weapons are made they would be used

2. Now A-bombs are too lethal

III: Main Idea: No one wants and Atomic Bomb war

1. All counties, including Stalin, thought that the world would basically end if war happened

2. Stalin didn't want to show his fear

IV: Main Idea: Korean War

1. Don't use Atomic bombs because of the fear

2. US doesn't want to be defeated too badly

V. Main Idea: Still need to keep advancing with technology

1. Allowed countries to feel secure

2. H-bomb: both US and SU have the technology

VI: Main Idea: Eisenhower becomes new president

1. He didn't want to prepare for a limited war, just for an atomic bomb war

2. Didn't want to go war, especially after BRAVO

VII: Main Idea: IF war happens

1. The US said they would use all weapons they had

2. Their goal: to prevent any future war. Didn't want another World War

VIII: Main idea: Khrushchev

1. Boated a lot

2. Threatened the West a lot

3. Very different than Stalin

IX: Main Idea: Tensions build

1. US sends U-2 spy planes over SU

2. SU finds out and say they will test another H-bomb

3. Kennedy gets bad, so SU carries through with the test

X: Main Idea: Cuban Missile Crisis

1. The US was afraid Communism would spread

2. reasons for SU sending missiles still unsure

3. Major distrust

XI: Main Idea: SU and US starting to come to agreements

1. So much fear on both sides come to agreements

2. MAD

3. The Limited Test Ban Treat

4. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

5. Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement and more to keep security

XII: Main Idea: Like Life of Pi

1. Both countries want to survive