essay is to prove that Cold War had an enormous impact on society and institutions of US. This effect will be demonstrated on the basis of a few examples. First of all‚ I must mention Central Intelligence Agency which was created in 1947. CIA frequently support anticommunists in Europe inter alia in Greece. They attempt to deliver weapons and ammunition for fighters against socialists in the civil war. CIA tried also to uncover KGB activities in the USA. In the 50s agency had spies in communistic countries
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The Cold War may have officially ended‚ but‚ as Visson shows‚ the battle lives on in the culturally dysfunctional marriages made by Russians and Americans. Throughout the 20th century‚ and often against serious odds‚ Russians and Americans have been falling in love and marrying. Visson‚ an interpreter and writer‚ herself married to a Russian‚ has interviewed some 100 of these cross-cultural couples and researched the lives of couples in the earlier part of this century in an effort to understand
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THE COLD WAR NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE 1980 ’S The pope quickly organized a meeting to prepare the world for a weapon that would destroy all life on earth. "Pope Innocent II organized the conference in 11391" because of a crossbow. Approximately 800 years from this conference‚ the Cold War has begun. The potential of mass destruction could occur at any moment. More efforts for mining and technology went toward constructing nuclear weapons. Missiles‚ such as‚ the Tomahawk® Cruise Missile and
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John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis John F. Kennedy was the President of the USA in the early 1960s. He was totally opposed to the spread of Communism. Two years after he became President a major Cold War crisis erupted involving the island of Cuba‚ which was very close to the USA mainland. In the early 1960s‚ Cuba had become a Communist state and was led by Fidel Castro. Cuba began to develop close ties with the USSR and this caused problems for the new USA President. Kennedy and
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The Cold War Explain the causes of the cold war; describe the events of the cold war as they affected Germany directly. Make notes on the causes and the consequences of the Cuban missile crisis. The cold war broke out following the Second World War for several reasons. There was a tremendous American fear of attack and spread of communism‚ Roosevelt thought it was absolutely necessary to abolish communism and stop the progression of it. Soviet troops had freed several countries in
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The cold war was one of the most influential in the United States (US) history. It reached in to citizen’s lives more than any event‚ person‚ item‚ or action. Nobody was safe from its effects‚ not even the president. The cold war drove everything‚ from television (TV) to Agriculture and civil disturbances occurred throughout the US‚ some in part due to Mutually Assured Destruction‚ a product of the cold war and the anger and panic it sown. In the years before the cold war‚ the US government
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Essay 1 Octavian Stoch The former Soviet Union is the chief reason for the onset of the Cold War‚ as a result of their aggressive actions they forced the United States to protect their own interests and therefore world peace. However‚ in order to see why the Soviet action constituted United States intervention we must take a look back at the end of World War II‚ the Yalta Conference. This meeting was to begin the long process of the rebuilding of Europe and the establishment of free elections in
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Currently‚ there are several hundred foreign military bases globally‚ most of them owned by the United States. These foreign military bases arose after the allied victory in the world wars and during the Cold War. Each of these military base was put in place either with a specific security goal or for overall regional stability. While some of these bases were acquired through force‚ such as the ones in Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan‚ others were gained in support of allies‚ such as the ones in England
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The Time Period of A Distressed Society Without history‚ I cannot imagine what our world or society would be like. Many events‚ revolutions‚ wars‚ and reformations have taken place throughout the course of history‚ but the era that stands out to me is the World War II and the Cold War era that lasted from 1929-1991. This was the time period where communism fell‚ big economic and social changes were happening‚ opportunities for women increased‚ and civil rights of racial minorities group expanded
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The fall of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall symbolized the Cold War in Germany. Before the wall was created in Berlin‚ people could freely cross the East and western borders in Germany. Once the Wall was created cities‚ people‚ and the world were separated‚ tearing apart families and friends for decades. However‚ there would be a series of events that lead to the people to rebel‚ creating the historic moment. Once the wall was destroyed‚ the people from east and west Germany were reunited‚ causing
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