The growing tension between the Soviets and the West‚ United States in particular‚ reverberated around the world after the Second World War. Although allied in their fight against Nazi Germany‚ communist Russia and capitalist America soon came to distrust each other’s goals in a post-war world. The Soviets considered the West as being enslaved by capitalism whereas the Americans believed the Soviets were enslaved by communism. This general mistrust and unwillingness to work together is cleverly depicted
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Following World War I‚ revolutions in Russia spawned a fear of the spread of communism. The Bolsheviks‚ an extremist group‚ organized a coup d’état which saw the rise of the first communist government called the Soviet Union. The first red scare was from 1917 to 1921; anarchists sent bombs through the mail and organized strikes against corporations. A fear of revolution made its way into the minds of every American during the 1920’s and even saw the rise of American communist
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The Cold War in Guatemala Guatemala is known for being one of the most dangerous countries in Central America; nevertheless‚ it is not its fault that it is the way it is. During the Cold War there were many factors involved and many events that led to the Guatemala of today. It all began with the election of Colonel Arbenz during the “Ten Years of Springtime” which ended because President Eisenhower was influenced by his connections to Guatemala´s “state within a state‚” (TWT) the United Fruit
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Deeper Causes World War One (WWI) is a war that we all know of. Perhaps because it was the first war in which armies used modern technology such as machine guns and chemical warfare. WWI began in 1914 with the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ and ended four years later with 10 million soldiers dead and another 20 million wounded. Many people know that WWI began with the assassination of of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ but many don’t know what really caused this epic war‚ the
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World War II: Causes‚ and Affects In the history of the world there are many occurrences that have changed life and the world‚ as we know it. The history of conflicts in the world is just as long as the histories of man have bee recorded. From the beginning the human species survived off of conflict (between various predators and the environment) and has been nourished by the fruits of war since before the rise of the Roman Empire. World conquest has been the goal of many great generals and a
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The Korean War is seen as the “flashpoint” in the Cold War‚ which made the Cold war a global conflict. North Korea was led by Kim Il-Sung and was communist. South Korea was led by Syngman Rhee and was capitalist. Though it is said that Kim Il-Sung‚ who headed The Democratic People’s Republic‚ which was created by the Soviet Union‚ had adopted a policy of opposition to Rhee’s government and for the unification of the Korean peninsula by armed force‚ there are still many other theories as to why the
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The origins of the Cold War lie in the differences between the systems of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It is an interplay between ideology and pragmatic power politics‚ and the creation of tension and mistrust which had been evident since the Russian Revolution. During World War II differences were put aside‚ but the problems reappeared‚ and it was a changing post-war world. There are three major common explanations for the origins of the Cold War: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist
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Assignment 1: The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy Dr. John Cronin Strayer University POL300 – International Problems February 9‚ 2014 Introduction The Second World War forever changed how the United States viewed its role in foreign affairs. America understood it could no longer stand by and watch countries abroad occupy other nations without feeling any impact. In order to combat this threat‚ several presidents introduced ideologies to prevent the spread of communism and position America
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Nicholas Powell Dr. Reinhold Wagnleitner Fall 2014 American Power in a Globalizing World How has globalization impacted American power following the Cold War? Since I am not only a History major that has been focusing on both American and European history‚ I am also a Global Studies minor. One important conclusion that I have come to is that the events in a particular location‚ usually have global ramifications. Ramifications normally present themselves in the form of changes in policy‚ research
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The War of 1812 The War of 1812 lasted from June 18‚ 1812 to February 18‚ 1815. The war took place in Atlantic‚ Central and Eastern North America and Pacific. There were many causes. On the foreign side‚ France and England had been attacking American merchant ships‚ forcing impressment. Impressment is forced recruitment into Britain’s Royal Navy. It is much like kidnapping or enslavement. For many years‚ Washington stayed out of the French Revolution. In 1793 they drafted the Neutrality Proclamation
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