1.2.2
Relations between Roosevelt, Stalin & Attlee
The New Leaders
The New Leaders
After his death, Roosevelt was accused of being too soft on the communists. Truman, his successor, was keen not to be criticised over relations with the USSR. Clement Attlee replaced Winston Churchill as Prime Minister shortly after Yalta.
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
- Truman had limited experience with world affairs and held different beliefs to Roosevelt. He and his advisors were much more hard-line towards Stalin, especially as the atomic bomb development was near to success.
- Truman was hostile to the Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov when he visited America and told him he must stick to agreements made at Yalta.
- Truman did, however, share the idea that the world should be focused on self-determination and that there should be an open trading system based on international cooperation.
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
- Attlee had less experience than Truman and had primarily been focused on internal affairs, especially after the end of the Second World War which saw Britain economically ruined.
- Attlee wanted to keep America close so that they could help to re-build Germany and protect the rest of Europe. Attlee feared that the USSR would continue to expand and was highly suspicious of Stalin.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
- Stalin was suspicious of both America and Britain going into the Potsdam conference.
1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9
1.1Events of 1945
1.2The Collapse of the Grand Alliance
1.3Developing Tensions
1.4US Involvement in Europe
2Widening of the Cold War
2.1US Containment in Asia
2.2The Korean War
2.3Increasing Cold War Tensions, 1949 -1953
3The Global War
3.2Cold War Rivalries
3.3Conflict in Asia
3.4Confrontation Between Superpowers
4Confrontation & Cooperation
4.2Cooperation
4.3Pressures on the USSR
5Brezhnev Era
5.1Detente
5.2Second Cold War
5.3Developments in Africa & Americas
6Ending of the Cold War
6.1Gorbachev
6.2Cooperation between US & USSR
6.3Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
6.4End of Tensions Across the World
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