The Cold War: Nature Or Nurture?

The latter part of the 20th century was the time of the Cold War. This is the result of World War II and an end to the Soviet Union. The Cold War began during the end of World War II. The reason for this war was due to the fact that the Soviet Union was afraid of Germany regaining their strength back soon after being defeated in World War II. This caused much tension between the United States plus other Western nations and the Soviet Union (“Cold War”). Nature versus Nurture is a philosophical and psychological debate that has been going on for quite some time now. Nature refers to genetics, for example what ones birth parents passed on to someone. Nurture refers to influence from ones environment, for example being homosexual would fit into
Savagery in this case means that whoever did not act like a British person were immediately labeled as savages or in other words uncivilized (Bartholomew). British colonialism relates to the Cold War in the reason of that in way the Soviet Union was also colonized. The reason for this is because the United States along with other Western nations created a rivalry with Russia for the fact that their system was run under a communist system instead of a capitalist democracy system like the United States. This makes it seem as if the United States thought of the Soviet Union as “savages” or “uncivilized” due to the fact that they did not share a similar system. (“Colonial India, Gandhi, and Eventual
World War II began in September 1939 when German troops invaded Poland and then quickly evolved into a war consisting of sixty-one countries (“War World 2”). The circumstances of World War II was the punishment of Germany at the end of World War I, Hitler’s goal to regain the pride and power of Germany, Japan’s goal of imperializing Asia, and lastly the memories of World War I caused nations to be cautious (“Cause of World War II”). The outcome of World War II were that Italy surrendered in 1943, Mussolini escapes and was captured as well as executed in April of 1945, Hitler commits suicide on April 30, 1945, Germany surrenders in May of 1945, Japan surrenders in September of 1945, Soviet Union controls East Germany and East Berlin, and the Iron Curtain divides Europe into two (“Outcomes of WW2”). The reason why World War II was a big part in the Cold War is because World War II was coming to an end when the Cold War was beginning. Lastly, the United States and Russia joined forces during the World War II even though they did not trust one another (“Cold