One topic that stuck with me while reading the Cold War was that why wasnt the Cold War avoidable. The first thing that comes to mind is that during the war‚ it was two very powerful countries competing on the world stage to become the next super power. Being as powerful as they are things can get a little out of hand. Something else that also contributed to the war was how conflicting the political philosophies‚ which were Representative Democracy vs Communism‚ and for that a fear of the opponant
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The ideological and military coalition that began shortly after the end of World War II consisted of Western power against Eastern power. Due to different political opinions‚ the US and the USSR created a tension that would lead to doctrines‚ regulation‚ blockades‚ secrecy and more amongst themselves. Following the termination of the Cold War‚ historians‚ politicians and the public contradict one another regarding who had the most responsibility for the causation for such period of time. Some would
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Throughout‚ the cold war a lot of conflict was happening such as; the Berlin Airlift‚ the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan along with the conflict with the Soviet Union. President Truman was trying multiple ways to end the war and bring peace to America. After trying to bring peace President Truman declared war and finally got the United States involved with helping in the war and trying to end communism in the world. After all his efforts failed President Truman raised the game and used the
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World War‚ also known as the Cold War‚ America brought its own propaganda to counter that of the Soviet Union. Through McCarthyism politicians imposed panic in the minds of Americans of communist control within the US. Its effects inhibited Americas Social‚ political‚ and diplomatic conflict during the Cold War era. The anti-communist propaganda in long run did not help America in terms of being socially progressive. Anti- communism in America existed before at the time of the First World War when
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as much. A key moment in American foreign policy history was during the Cold War era. During the Cold War the main priority of the U.S. was ending communism which eve n meant siding with terrorists. It even entailed involvement in Iran’s presidential election. At the time many were in favor of what the United States
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was seen as the leader of the world at the time. Following World War II‚ this was shown through various organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. “In the early twentieth century‚ after the US invasion of Cuba in 1898‚ US influence spread gradually from the Caribbean‚ Mexico‚ and Central America to the countries in South America.” (The Cold War‚ 340) These roles definitely related to the Cold War‚ because during the war much of the U.S. national security policy toward Latin American
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The Cold War Allison Cribb HIS 223 Dr. Lamm April 06‚ 2017 Once allies with the Soviet Union (Russia)‚ the United States began to be afraid and have problems come up towards Stalin and his views on Communism; therefore bringing forward the Red Scare‚ which lead everyone to be skeptical about Communism‚ what it meant towards the United States‚ and what the effects would be. So… Was the Cold War even necessary? Was it necessary to fight over beliefs that weren’t yours? Was it worth it?
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“announcement” of the start of the Cold War(History.com). At this time the term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two‚ but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. The iron curtain is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact Countries NATO countries after the Cold War in 1991(wisegeek.org).The iron curtain extended the borders of Europe and the barents sea to the black sea. World war one was also one of the main reasons
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blame for the cold war? Generally it is not a great idea to blame just one party for something. I feel the same way about the cold war. I believe all parties involved were equally to blame in the cold war. This will be illustrated in my essay. However‚ there are three divisions of western historians when it comes to their opinion on the Cold War‚ the Traditionalists‚ the Revisionists and the Post-Revisionists. Each party has their own opinion on who was actually to blame for the Cold War. Traditionalists
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affected many countries through affecting the Cold War. The revolution changed social‚ political and economic factors in many South American countries. Looking at the Cuban Revolution will give an insight on how political changes affect historical time periods. After Castro had established a communist Cuba‚ he wouldn’t stop there. Castro‚ the leader of Cuba‚ would then aid other revolutionary countries in hopes to spread communism. The Cold War was all about the stopping and spreading of
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