Cold War and Wwii
Garibay, Brigett
POL 335
TERM PAPER
The Cold War: What are the origins of the Cold War? What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War? How is this war different from World War II?
Societies have prospered from war for as long as we can remember. Ever since the US was founded we have been fighting wars. We have even fought against ourselves to provide freedom to others. Coming into the late 1940 's the classification of war had changed. A different type of war emerged known as the Cold War. This was a new experience for the world. The struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War was a ten year battle of military proliferation and political managing for international support. This means that the world has always seen war as either hand to hand combat or gun to gun combat. By definition what could be considered to be a genuine war? Going by the word genuine we can imply that there is an apparent form of military activity, which would include deaths and injuries by the millions involving several nations in the fight. World War II was a global military struggle which involved not just of few nations but the majority of the world. This included all of the great powers at the time, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The Allied Powers consisted of the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America was known as “The Big Three”. The Axis Powers was made up of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Together they were part of a military alliance and signed the Tripartite Pact in September 1940. Generally speaking there are several ways of defining war and what it is. The definition can mean at the most basic an armed against a country of opposition or can appear in the form of a violent disagreement between two different nations. In this context, the Cold War hardly looks like “genuine” war. The Cold War was a visible political disagreement and competition
POL 335
TERM PAPER
The Cold War: What are the origins of the Cold War? What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War? How is this war different from World War II?
Societies have prospered from war for as long as we can remember. Ever since the US was founded we have been fighting wars. We have even fought against ourselves to provide freedom to others. Coming into the late 1940 's the classification of war had changed. A different type of war emerged known as the Cold War. This was a new experience for the world. The struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War was a ten year battle of military proliferation and political managing for international support. This means that the world has always seen war as either hand to hand combat or gun to gun combat. By definition what could be considered to be a genuine war? Going by the word genuine we can imply that there is an apparent form of military activity, which would include deaths and injuries by the millions involving several nations in the fight. World War II was a global military struggle which involved not just of few nations but the majority of the world. This included all of the great powers at the time, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The Allied Powers consisted of the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America was known as “The Big Three”. The Axis Powers was made up of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Together they were part of a military alliance and signed the Tripartite Pact in September 1940. Generally speaking there are several ways of defining war and what it is. The definition can mean at the most basic an armed against a country of opposition or can appear in the form of a violent disagreement between two different nations. In this context, the Cold War hardly looks like “genuine” war. The Cold War was a visible political disagreement and competition
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