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Truman And The Cold War
2,073 wordsTruman and the Cold war Harry S. Truman, the 33 rd president from 1945 - 1953 greatly exaggerated Russias power and scared the U. S. citizens and government into a Cold War and power struggle. After World War II it was inevitable there would be a power struggle, as the two most powerful yet completely different countries, Russia and the US emerged as the world leaders. Russia and the US were allies during the war, but with their entirely different government structures, and the power-hungry Stal...
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East And West Soviet Union
422 wordsCold War Intensification between 1947 and 1953 During the period of 1947 to 1953 relations between East and west continued to deteriorate. The first problems aroused after disagreements on what should happen to the now divided Germany. All parties involved wanted to reunify Germany, however a decision could not be reached over how this would be done. It was agreed that the Soviet Union would get German machinery to replace Industry destroyed in the war. It was also agreed that the predominately ...
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