Social Sciences and History / Unit 4 SSH 0337 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Stalin, the Cold War, and Its Proxies
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The idea
Lenin's New Economic Policy allowed markets; after his death Stalin took power, forced industrialization, and purged party, army and police. The wartime alliance shared an enemy, not aims; the Cold War followed.
In practice
Mutually assured destruction, arms race, proxy wars in Korea and Vietnam.
Where people slip
Khrushchev's secret speech blamed Stalin's cult. On the system's failure, the anchor offers three theories, picking none.
Your place on the trail
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