Abstract
Roosevelt is dying and leaves his successor Truman uninformed and poorly prepared. Truman berates foreign minister Molotov for Russia's not keeping its bargain at Yalta, but in reality there is little the U.S. can do to compel the Soviet Union to live up to its agreements. Russian forces now occupy Poland and much of Central and Eastern Europe. The U. S. is still engaged in a Pacific war when world leaders meet in Potsdam. During the conference, Churchill's party loses the election and he is replaced by Labor leader Clement Atlee. Stalin demands reparations from all of Germany, but the U. S. insists they only take reparations from the eastern zone they occupy. While at Potsdam Truman learns that the atom bomb has been successfully tested. Some historians believe that at this point Truman feels conciliations are unnecessary. Two speeches by Stalin and Churchill in 1946, and an article by George Kennan make it clear that the U.S. and USSR are on a collision course.
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Subject
President Roosevelt near death, Vice-President Truman uninformed and unprepared, Russians ignore Yalta Accords, Russian occupation of Poland, Central and Eastern Europe, Potsdam Conference, Churchill replaced by Atlee, Russia's reparations limited, successful testing of atom bomb, bomb makes conciliations unnecessary, Russian's suspicions of Manhattan Project, George Kennan, collision course with USSR, Collapse of Peace, The
Series
American History, American Studies, American Presidency, Foreign Policy of the U.S., Unfinished Nation, The
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00:04:10 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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