American History Chapter 13 Overview
American History
Chapter 13
Becoming a World Power
Overview
The Cold War (1945-1991) conquered international relations within a structure of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War facilitated global leadership by the United States, and provided Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his successors with an enemy to validate their suppressive regime. The Cold War helped legitimize an unrepresentative government and uphold the Communist Party in the Soviet Union (Kennedy, 1989; Kissinger, 1994).
In addition to its impact on the superpowers, the Cold War caused was responsible for the division of Europe, and, within Europe, Germany. It also facilitated the reconstruction of Germany, Italy, and Japan into the international system following their defeat in World War II. The Third World especially felt the effects of the Cold War, which overlapped with the era of decolonization and national liberation in the Third World.
The emergence of the cold war began with the conception of superpower, which took place as a consequence of the imperial showdown that came to be known as the First World War. It was marked by the conflict between Wilsonism and Leninism in the aftermath of two consequences of the global conflict, the entry of the USA into what had been a largely European affair, and the Russian Revolution, both Nicholas II's autocracy and Kerensky's democratic republic falling before the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks (Kennedy, 1989). From this beginning, Woodrow Wilson spoke out on behalf of the world's greatest power, with maximum publicity. As a consequence of the First World War, the USA became stronger. The Soviet Russian Republic was weakened by the reverses inflicted by Germany and its allies, then by a civil war compounded by foreign intervention (Crockatt, 1995).
World War II was the culmination of a series of events that changed the global distribution of power.
Chapter 13
Becoming a World Power
Overview
The Cold War (1945-1991) conquered international relations within a structure of political, economic, and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War facilitated global leadership by the United States, and provided Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and his successors with an enemy to validate their suppressive regime. The Cold War helped legitimize an unrepresentative government and uphold the Communist Party in the Soviet Union (Kennedy, 1989; Kissinger, 1994).
In addition to its impact on the superpowers, the Cold War caused was responsible for the division of Europe, and, within Europe, Germany. It also facilitated the reconstruction of Germany, Italy, and Japan into the international system following their defeat in World War II. The Third World especially felt the effects of the Cold War, which overlapped with the era of decolonization and national liberation in the Third World.
The emergence of the cold war began with the conception of superpower, which took place as a consequence of the imperial showdown that came to be known as the First World War. It was marked by the conflict between Wilsonism and Leninism in the aftermath of two consequences of the global conflict, the entry of the USA into what had been a largely European affair, and the Russian Revolution, both Nicholas II's autocracy and Kerensky's democratic republic falling before the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks (Kennedy, 1989). From this beginning, Woodrow Wilson spoke out on behalf of the world's greatest power, with maximum publicity. As a consequence of the First World War, the USA became stronger. The Soviet Russian Republic was weakened by the reverses inflicted by Germany and its allies, then by a civil war compounded by foreign intervention (Crockatt, 1995).
World War II was the culmination of a series of events that changed the global distribution of power.