“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” John F. Kennedy September 25‚ 1961 The Cold War‚ which took place between 1945 and 1989‚ has been the event in which the two superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union directly threatened each other with nuclear weapons‚ almost bringing “an end to mankind”. All those that offered explanations during and after the Cold War have been classified into two groups: the traditionalists and
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America’s role in the Cold War After World War II‚ the United States had effectively become the most powerful and influential country in the world both militarily and politically. During America’s rise to power‚ however‚ hostilities mounted between America and the Soviet Union‚ resulting in a fierce rivalry. The Cold War‚ which never involved direct military confrontations between the two nations‚ involved of the struggle to contain the spread of communism‚ extreme anti-communist attitudes in
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human nature to want to be competitive‚ to want to win‚ to want to have overall power. Whether it is for yourself‚ as a team‚ or even as a country. Many lines are to be crossed and many enemies are to be made in the attempt to become the best. The Cold War was a prime example of a time where competition most certainly got the better of people or more precisely‚ got the better of the United States and the Soviet Union. The rivalry between these two superpowers has created another level of competition
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The Effects of the Cold War on the Americas For nearly fifty years‚ the world lived in fear as two super-power nations quietly battled for power‚ respect and popularity of their respective political views. The Cold War arose out of the ashes of the failed alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II. Many different factors could be linked to the actual cause of the Cold War‚ however many agree that the political future of Eastern Europe was the major spark that ignited
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------------------------------------------------- Was the Cold War Inevitable? ------------------------------------------------- ARTS1271 ESSAY ------------------------------------------------- 16th September‚ 2011 ------------------------------------------------- The orthodox view of the Cold War elucidates its inevitability due to the great ideological differences that existed between the Soviet Union and United States. On the other hand‚ the revisionists argued that it happened due to
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As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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After World War II‚ two superpowers were emerging‚ the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Tensions rose between the two‚ eventually starting the Cold War. The Cold War was a state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet Union and The United States during the years 1945 and 1990. The soviets and americans clashed on many topics‚ mainly the constant fight between communism versus democracy and capitalism. A multitude of propaganda was being utilized on both sides
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The Great War was a hard fought war between two high power groups who just could not agree with each other. The war started on July 28‚ 1914 through November 11‚ 1918. The allied powers and the central powers could not agree with each other. They declared war and so the war began. The United States stayed neutral until the third year of the war. The US stayed neutral because President Woodrow Wilson did not take any side in the war so they stayed out of it. There were several other things they did
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significance of events in Korea (1950-1953) on the development of the Cold War In July 1953‚ an armistice was signed at Panmunjom to signal a ceasefire between the Sino-Soviet backed North and the US-UN backed South Korea. Although the Korean War was not the beginning of Cold Wa‚ the events from Korea are important in assessing the development of the Cold War. Whilst it is sometimes seen as a watershed in the development of the Cold War‚ a more compelling analysis is that it was a catalyst which accelerated
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Question1 Containment was the foreign policy put forth by the United States to challenge Russia during the Cold War (Kennan and Containment‚ n.d.). This Policy was based on a letter written by George Kennan called the X Article (Jones‚ 2008). The letter called for the United States to contain communism from any further expansion. Under President Truman‚ this became policy and would continue for many years and Presidents after him. Since the letter did not define the terms on how to contain communism
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