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Peter Kuznick talks about the Cold War from 1942-1960 from the US and Soviet perspectives

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Peter Kuznick has studied, taught, and written on US and Cold War history for decades. He has also produced a documentary with Oliver Stone on the history of the United States, looking at neglected parts of American history. He went over the Cold War from 1942 to 1960 with me.

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1:15 – Diplomats met in Washington DC in 1942.

1:56 – The USSR was fighting in the East and wanted a second front in Europe.

2:48 – The US was not able to take back Soviet possessions in 1944.

3:43 – Harry Truman was nominated as Vice President over Henry Wallace.

4:42 – Roosevelt died in 1945 and Truman became President with little foreign affairs knowledge.

5:08 – Truman didn’t know about the atomic bomb.

10:40 – George Kennan writes a secret memo on the Cold War.

12:03 – There is a conflict over Iran in 1946.

12:45 – In 1949 the Chinese Revolution results in the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China.

13:01 – The USSR tests its own atomic bomb in August 1949.

13:09 – The Korean War begins in 1950.

13:41 – The US and UN retreats to South Korea.

16:03 – Soviets wanted US aid after WWII

17:43 – US wanted the UN.

18:34 – USSR cracks down on eastern European countries.

19:15 – The US was concerned about the Indochina and the Philippines in the 1950s.

19:49 – Pol Pot was in Vietnam

21:29 – March 5 1953 Stalin dies

26:21 – Peter did a documentary with Oliver Stone.

26:39 – Peter can be found at the American University website.

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https://www.american.edu/cas/faculty/kuznick.cfm

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