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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The Cold War was a time of political and military tension between United States and the Soviet Union. The cold war wasn’t any normal war‚ there was no mass killings‚ no tanks or fighter jets‚ there wasn’t even any ground units. What there was though was a lot of nuclear weapons and money being spent on propaganda such as; newspapers‚ magazines and radio. They were spending money as if an actual war was going on. And even though there wasn’t any real physical war going on there were two great superpowers
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th IB 20 Century World History Cold War Essay Questions Each class will be given 4 of the following questions and will have 45 minutes to write an essay format answer. Remember that many of these prompts are really the same prompt with a twist. That will be the case next year as well. 1) For what reasons and to what extent‚ did the Yalta Conference of February 1945 contribute to the origins of the Cold War? (2011 TZ1) 2) For what reasons and to what extent did the Yalta Conference of July 1945
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The Cold War was a period in which the geopolitical tension of post-World War II gave rise to the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ lasting half a century. In the waking destruction of WWII‚ the Potsdam conference was set to determine the fate of Europe and much of Asia. The lands of Germany‚ Korea‚ and other areas were split into zones that were controlled by countries with opposite views. Korea was split between the communist north and democratic south‚ while Germany was
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The Cold War ‚ it was an open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. The term was used by an American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch during a congressional debate in 1947. Following the surrender of Nazi Germany in May 1945 near the close of WWII‚ the uneasy wartime alliance
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HIS 1111 Prof. Thomas Boogaart October 8‚ 2014 Throughout the 20th century‚ humanity has witnessed monumental historical events. From the great depression‚ to the devastation of two world wars‚ to the Holocaust‚ all the way to the creation of a superweapon. However‚ The Cold War was a different and unique concept on its own. So unique‚ that humanity has entered a new chapter never discovered before. Throughout history‚ there was always conflict‚ but never before has a conflict of this magnitude
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Reflection of the Cold War The Cold War‚ from 1945 to 1991‚ is one of the most important periods of time that has greatly influenced and shaped the modern world. It was not just a battle between two super powers‚ the USA and the Soviet Union‚ but also a clash of two really popular ideologies during that time. There was the American claim of fighting for freedom and democracy and the Soviet claims of fighting for the interests of the workers and the common people. Now in theory‚ these ideologies
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and Soviet Union were embroiled in the Cold War. A war that only involved the build up of arms and no actual fighting between the two sides. Although‚ proxy wars did take place such as the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Cold War came to a turning point during the 1980s. At the time the United States was led by Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union was led by Mikhail Gorbachev. Both leaders came into power with foreign policy ideas that radically changed the Cold War. Reagan used the Strategic Defense Initiative
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The Cold war has been done and dusted for a little more than two decades‚ however‚ its reminiscents are still very active. The attempt to spread communism worldwide was an attempt made during the cold war; Joseph Stalin made that call‚ America answered. The policy of containment is the reason that communism did not spread and Democracy and Capitalism are still high functioning government systems. Containment is the action of keeping something harmful under control or in check. This is what went on
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Cold War Essay What do you think the Cold War is/was? Was it a war between communism and democracy? Well the Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism while the United States wanted to spread democracy. The Cold War was called Cold because there was not direct fighting between the two countries the Soviet Union and the United States. The two countries only fought proxy wars against each other‚ the definition for a proxy war
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