Long Telegram
September 23rd (T) - Session 6
Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: ch 1c (pp. 74-84)
HST, vol 2;
Ch 7 "Truman Doctrine"
Ch 8 "Marshall Plan"
Hogan, Marshall Plan
Conclusion
Zubok, A Failed Empire: ch 3 (pp. 62-78)
Volkogonov
Stalin (pp. 451-454)
Agenda
- Stalin's "Election" Speech Feb 9, 1946
- Churchill, Fulton, Mo March 5, 1946
- Long Telegram Feb 22, 1946
- Novikov's telegram Sept 27, 1946
Long Telegram
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Scholar and former journalist for the Russian news agency TASS Genrikh "Henry" Aleksandrovich Trofimenko was chief analyst at the Institute for the U.S. and Canada Studies at the Russian Academy of Science. In this video segment, Trofimenko describes Moscow's reactions to the Truman Doctrine and containment policy, the Marshall Plan, and the threat American nuclear strategy posed to a pre-nuclear Soviet Union. (6.21 Min.)
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