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Who Was To Blame For The Cold War
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1,688 wordsThe Cold War, which lasted from the mid- 1940 s until the end of the 1980 s, was a battle for longevity amid democratic and communistic governments. After WWII the western powers attempted to curtail the spread of communism but faced fierce opposition from Eastern Europe which sought to prevent the expansion of democracy. The origins of the Cold War can be traced through the motives of the US and USSR, containment policy, and the division of Germany. Americas emergence as a world power was a sal...
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1,120 wordsThe Cold War is the closest the world has ever come to complete destruction. In this period of time, two world super powers were in a stalemate economically and militarily and were constantly competing to be the superior. The Cold War started as result of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union had some differences on their perspectives of the world. United States being the richest country in the world promoted democracy and capitalism in the world. The newly formed Soviet Union tho...
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1,102 wordsFrom when World War II ended in 1945 all the way up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War dominated international affairs. It was a global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the Cold War was sometimes fought on the battlefield, it involved everything from political rhetoric to sports. Overshadowing all was the threat of nuclear war. From an American perspective the Cold War was largely a war on communism this outlook by the US caused and sustain...
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World War Ii Western Allies
1,199 wordsHistorical Background to the Event The Berlin crisis and airlift of 1948 is the initial and most important event of the cold war. The episode which led to the fall of Berlin wall has assisted in formation of modern Germany. After World War II, Germany became a conquered nation and was dived into four zones which was controlled by its victorious allies including United Nations, France, Germany and Soviet Union. Berlin, capital of Germany, though positioned in the eastern soviet half, was also par...
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1960 And 1970 War In Vietnam
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Spread Of Communism Warsaw Pact
1,309 wordsDuring the period of the Cold War, the world s two superpowers, America and the Soviet Union, exploited every aspect of national life and policy in their countries for purposes of propaganda. The Cold War was a war fought with propaganda and economic weapons, stopping short of military confrontation, as between the USA and the USSR after 1945. After World War II Stalin achieved domination over many of the countries of Eastern Europe in late 1945 creating a huge communist bloc including Poland, R...
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2,036 wordsThe conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief that freedom and democracy would die under communist rule caused the United States to start a conflict that would last for decades. The decisions made by the United States in W. W. II caused tensions to rise between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. Fear of Communism in capitalist nations, caused the United states government to use propaganda to raise Cold War ...
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Spread Of Communism Soviet Union
1,134 wordsContainment Policies America s approach to contain the threat of communism As it became increasingly clear that there would be a competition for power in the new world order, the United States and Russia formulated foreign polices designed to limit the expansion of the other. In the case of the United States the policy was known as containment. Simply put it was the goal of the US to contain the spread of Communism. Containment of the Soviet Union became American policy in the postwar years. Geo...
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Policy Of Containment Soviet Union
1,063 wordsAmerica? s Policy of Containment was introduced by George Kennan in 1947. This policy had a few good points but many more bad points. Kennans depiction of communism as a malignant parasite that had to be contained by all possible measures became the basis of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and National Security Act in 1947. In his Inaugural Address of January 20, 1949, Truman made four points about his program for peace and freedom: to support the UN, the European Recovery Program, the colle...
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3,990 wordsDie Wende and Reunification Tracy Barrett For nearly forty-five years the now-unified country of Germany was divided into two separate countries, each with its own currency, political system, and social structure. For twenty-eight of those years a physical barrier, the Berlin Wall, enforced the separation of Berlin and stood as a symbol of the separation of Germany into East and West. More than just separating Germany, however, the wall also divided the world into East and West sectors, serving ...
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3,626 wordsEgypt-Israeli Conflict and the West- The History of the conflict in the Middle East is long and well documented. To both, and to many biased observers the history of the Egyptian/Israeli conflict is very one sided, with one government, or one people causing the continued wars between the two neighboring states. But, as any social scientist of any reputation will state, all international conflicts have more than one side, and usually are the result of events surrounding, and extending over the pa...
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3,883 words&# 65279; International Relations Term Paper November 30, 1999 United States Policy and the Iran &# 038; Iraq War Brief History of Iran and Iraq The current borders of Iran, Iraq, and Kuwait were established by the British after World War II. In an attempt to limit the power of Iraq, the British established boundaries that limited Iraq's coastal access to the Persian Gulf. In addition, the nation of Kuwait was granted independence by Britain in 1961, which Iraq vehemently argued had been separat...
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1,951 wordsIn the early morning hours of July 16, 1945, the first ever nuclear explosion took place in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The explosion was the first test of the most destructive weapon ever known to man, and was the result of almost six years of research and development by some of the worlds top scientists. This endeavor was known as the Manhattan Project. Less than a month after the test, which was known as Trinity, the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan, three days apart, which forced...
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2,595 wordsMany critics and skeptics forecast doom for post-communist Russia when 1991 saw the end to the Soviet-Union. It was believed that a collapsed economy, hurt pride, and rampant nationalism would all soon drive Russia to some sort of neo-communist or neo-fascist state. It has been almost 10 years now since the dissolution of the Soviet-Union, and this scenario has failed to arise. Some experts feel, pointing to the decisive defeat of the communists in the presidential election in July, that at this...
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938 wordsReagan's Change toward D? tente When Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980, he held a firm belief that d? tente should be abandoned and the problems of Communism be faced head on by his foreign policy. By the end of his second term as president, Reagan and his term in office would be remembered for furthering d? tente and influencing the peaceful collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the Soviet Union in 1991. Reagan's diplomatic strategy ultimately led to this end, but it was not inevitable. Tensi...
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