After World War II‚ came the Cold War. From 1945 to 1960‚ the role of communism vastly influenced the United States and left the country infused with fear. This fear significantly impacted the country as a whole‚ as well as the individual citizens. The Cold War was unlike most previous wars‚ for it was fought through confrontation and verbal threats rather than the use of military forces. However‚ it still widely impacted America. Thus‚ it is evident that although there was a rise of tension between
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The Cold War era was shaped by America’s mission to spread democracy and to perfect the world. America still tries to impose their will on the rest of the world. The Cold War liberal concept of “political religion” emerged with the thought that: “[…] man is a ’religious animal’ whose propensity to devotion can consequently be exploited for non-religious ends.” (Toscano 205) Furthermore Toscano explains that: “[...] political religions are marked by an enthusiasm for abstraction […] but in the case
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Just after World War II science fiction spread throughout the world‚ with the development of the atomic bomb spiking interest‚ and oracular suspense effects of nuclear war creating impacts on the science fiction genre. Technological advancement‚ space travel‚ visit to the moon and politics‚ reflected publishings during this era. Communism paranoia widely spread during the onset of the Cold War as Americans felt threatened of their freedom. USSR and the United States both within arms reach
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committed suicide in his berlin bunker on April 30. Germany was divided into four occupation zones‚ that are controlled by the Soviet Union‚ Britain‚ the United States‚ and France. The united nations is built off of the principle of collective security. Collective security is supposed to prevent future conflicts that will happen. Collective security is used so if a nation attacks another nations everyone should help the nation being attacked to prevent a war. The Cold War has many examples of foreign
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In the Cold War‚ propaganda played a major role in politics in order to ensure that moral and support for the government stayed high. Propaganda was used to influence the general public’s opinions on people‚ such as Castro‚ political preferences‚ such as communism‚ and events‚ such as the Cuban revolution‚ Bay of Pigs‚ and Cuban missile crisis. One such example of the propaganda in a newspaper article from the New York Times on January 31‚ 1961. This article was used in multiple newspapers. The article
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Spies are used for different projects and for different reasons. They were used by different countries to gain information to help get a better situation at war. There have been a lot of spies used throughout different wars‚ but spies became most popular and widely used during the Cold War. Spies and agents were also known to become double and even triples spies working for more than one country. In the movies‚ spies are sometimes portrayed as the cool ladies men that saves the girl‚ protects
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The Cold War was the period between about 1945 and 1990‚ when the United States of America and the Soviet Union both competed to dominate the world through military might. Basically after World War II the hostility and tension between the United States of America and the Soviet Union (Russia) did not die‚ and it lasted until the second half of the 20th century‚ eventually causing much destruction in the world. During World War Two‚ the United States and The Soviet Union teamed up and formed an alliance
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Although the Cold War had many negative influences on global society‚ it also helped to create a stable political world‚ as evidenced by the fact that during the Cold War era‚ civil wars‚ nationalistic uprisings‚ and ethnic cleansings were almost non-existent. As well‚ the world economic situation was subsequently greatly improved by the military build-up caused by the Cold War. The implementation of the American "Marshall Plan" and the Communist "Molotov Plan"‚ the nuclear arms race‚ and the global
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Ever since the end of world war two‚ tension between the US and USSR has constantly been present. This long constant tension between the two countries came to be known as the Cold War. Many attempts of soviet communistic expansion occurred over the span of the cold war‚ where many of those occurrences are tied to the US. Instances of communism in Germany‚ Asia‚ and Cuba could be highlighted as the most diplomatic of the cold war‚ and were all handled differently by the United States. After the
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People and Events of World War II by Kevan Salisbury The Axis Powers World War II was started by the Axis Forces‚ which were comprised of Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan. They fought against the combined might of almost the entire world‚ and‚ but for a supreme combined effort on the part of America‚ the USSR‚ and Britain‚ almost won. During the war‚ the Axis Powers were totalitarian states‚ controlled by their respective leader or leaders. These are their stories. During World War II‚ there
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