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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Madi C. The division of Berlin among the allied forces after World War II was a compromise that provided the United States with their primary weapon in defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War conflict. Victorious‚ the Allies began to divide and occupy the battered and weakened Germany on June 5‚ 1945. Areas in the western portion became American‚ British‚ and French zones‚ whilst the east was given to the Soviet Union. They will be more commonly known later as the eastern and western zones‚
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The first pillar embodied an organizational change in the way the command of forces in peace and war are exercised. During the Cold War‚ the Canadian doctrine was structured around the worst-case scenario of total war. In that case‚ while national command was always retained in Ottawa‚ operational command were to be devolved to functional subordinate commands - ultimately to be given over to a NATO or NORAD commander for actual operations. Plans and procedures focused on Alliance structures and
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Cold War In history‚ there is a disagreement among historians regarding to when the Cold War began. While most historians dated its origins to the period immediately following World War II‚ others dispute that it began towards the end of World War I‚ when tensions between the Russian Empire‚ the United States and other European countries had already demonstrated the mutual distrust and suspicion between the Western powers and the Soviet Union as a result of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. With these
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In discussions of the Cold War‚ there exists a debate about whether communism was doomed to fail. The whole idea of communism was to provide an equal standard of living for everyone. The people of China‚ Russia‚ Cuba and Vietnam originally met Communism with enthusiasm because it promised freedom from inequality and exploitation of the working class‚ which made up a large portion of the demographic. Many of the working class lived in poverty and were continuously taken advantage of by the higher
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deter an enemy. After the attack‚ when deterrence has failed‚ they are used to actively resist the attack. In light of the unacceptable costs of nuclear war‚ military strategists and planners have devoted a great deal of attention to the requirements of deterrence in the nuclear age. Strange as it may seem‚ the main problem with the concept of nuclear deterrence is that (fortunately) no two nuclear-armed states have gone to war with each other using their nuclear weapons. The result is that none of
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The Cold War began because of a clash between two world superpowers‚ the United States and the USSR. These two countries were in a battle for superiority but this battle never once led to a ’hot’ war as the United States and the USSR never actually fired at each other. The main reason there was such an initial clash between these superpowers is that each country had completely different ideologies. The USSR functioned in a Communist fashion and the United States operated with Capitalism. The
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The cold war led to the success of America during the space race. “The competitive nature of the Nations involved in space exploration.” (Dictionary.com) that is the definition of the Space race that occurred from 1957-1975. The United States and the Soviet Union were the two Nations that competed in the race‚ Space became another dramatic arena for the competition‚ as each side competed to prove the power of their technology‚ their military firepower and by extension their political-economic system
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against the Soviets during the Cold War was not effective. The United States was able to intercept suspicious activities and investigate further to expose what the suspicious activity was‚ but they failed to intercept critical movements of the Soviets before they occurred. Looking at the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ American signals intelligence was able to respond to Soviet movements and prevent much escalation‚ but they were unable to learn about and stop such movements preemptively. During the Cuban Missile
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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 and Korea. These military bases have a multitude of functions. They are used for launching platforms for military maneuvers‚ weaponry
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