1955‚ President Eisenhower announced that the United States would launch a man-made satellite into the unexplored universe‚ thus beginning the space race. At this same time‚ tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were rising as the Cold War was ongoing. Since the competition between the countries was higher than ever‚ not four days had passed since Eisenhower’s announcement before Russia announced their own plans to go to space. The technology to do this amazing feat was yet to be discovered
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a direct result of the Cold War era. The Intelligence Community grew from the 1980’s‚ to more than 100‚000 federal employees working throughout 25 organizations specializing in numerous different aspects of collecting and analyzing data. After the Cold War ended the number of agencies and employees were reduced due to reduction in budgets and the military intelligence suffered the deepest cuts. However‚ the vast intelligence capacity had grown so large during the Cold War era that our enormous capacity
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Reem Akram Chaudhry (History IB HL) History Arguments The Cold war – Mike Sewell Provide evidence for each of the arguments listed. 1. The cold war was brought about by the inability of the victorious powers to come to an arrangement among themselves. “The Anglo-American solidarity in rejecting the idea came as a surprise to the Soviets.” (pg 19) Ideological mistrust and memories of Munich remained strong. This was reinforced by Stalin’s suspicions that Anglo-American strategy was
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start of the Cold War following the end of World War II on September 2nd‚ 1945. The uneasy alliance between the Big Three powers - the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ and the Soviet Union - began to quickly deteriorate after the demise of Nazi Germany and the surrender of Imperial Japan. Without a common enemy‚ the ideological differences between the Western powers and the Soviet Union became more pronounced. These irreconcilable differences marked the fundamental origins of the Cold War. Brief
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Nuclear weapons in the Cold War changed how wars were fought because it was the beginning of an era where wars were no longer fought in the conventional sense. The creation of nuclear weapons meant that people lived in a constant state of fear of nuclear war. In order to ensure national security and protection states‚ primarily the United States and Russia the leading superpowers in the Cold War‚ needed to have a strong deterrence policy to prevent the other state from launching a nuclear attack
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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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Did you know that spies actually exist? During WWII there were five main spy groups working for the allies. The jobs they had were dangerous but helped end the war faster. There were even some TV shows about it like Hogan’s Heroes. There were many groups of spies working with the resistance during WWII.The main ones were MI5‚ MI6‚ OSS‚ SOE‚ and the BSC. The MI5‚ MI6‚ BSC and SOE were all British spy groups. MI5 is Britain’s security service‚ while MI6 is Britain’s foreign intelligence service.BSC
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The cold war was a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union. The conflict was about democray and communism. In the late 1950’s the "Red Scare" came upon The US. The "Red Scare‚" in the US was the fear of being taken over by communists. In the US communism was viewed as treason. One of the causes of the "Red Scare‚" were the Roseber trial. The Rosenbergs were thought to have given high classified information to the Soviets.Some of effects were internationally‚ The Iron Curtain‚which was an imaginary
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Following World War II‚ tensions rose between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. These tensions soon lapsed into a Cold War. Nikita Khrushchev emerged as leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War following Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. On occasion‚ the new leader threatened to make this cold war a hot one and was even close to instigating a nuclear war. Due to Khrushchev’s unpredictable nature‚ he was responsible for escalating the Cold War. In 1956‚ Khrushchev delivered
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The Cold War was a rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted for about forty-five years. The war began as a distrust between the two nations involving the United States concern of Soviet Union communism spreading and their leader‚ Joseph Stalin’s‚ rule. Numerous European and Asian countries were struggling in their fight against Soviet Union communism‚ including Greece and Turkey. President Harry Truman feared that the fall of Greece and Turkey to communism would lead to
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