August of 1945‚ World War II finally came to an end. After six years of fighting‚ most of the world was left in ruins‚ debt‚ and overall devastation. As the world fell apart‚ so did the relationships forged during the war. The differing ideas of how the world postwar should be between the United States and the Soviet Union caused major tension and mistrust. “The Cold War first emerged over clashing Soviet and American interest in Eastern Europe” (Roark‚ pg 713) The Cold War was fought from 1947 to
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The Cold War dominated the second half of the twentieth century and resulted in the collapse of communism. This war occurred due to a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1980‚ was called Cold War because the war between the two countries was triggered by fears of a nuclear scale. The main cause that led to this war occurred because the Soviet Union wanted to spread its communist ideology to everyone‚ which alarmed the Americans‚ who hated the ideology
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SURVIVING THE COLD WAR By Stevenisa Eustace Surviving The Cold War When America dropped a bomb on Japan in 1945 it marked the end of World War 2 and the beginning of the Cold War. The government urged citizens to be prepared for the worst; AN ATOMIC BOMB. It was a time of extreme fear. It was a time to take measures in your own
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Roots of the Cold War I. Growing Distrust 1. FDR‚ Churchill and Stalin met at a Soviet Union resort called Yalta. Stalin promised that he would hold free elections in parts of Eastern Europe under his control. 2. Instead‚ Stalin set of Communist governments in the nations. He wanted a ring of friendly countries to protect the Soviet Union’s southern border. With this‚ Stalin hoped that the Soviet Union would become the world’s dominant power. 3. By 1948‚ most of the countries in Eastern
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Afghanistan has always been a prey to invasions and warfare. It has been through wars‚ coups‚ riots in order to find its own political identity and to become a safe country for its people. This is in fact true for many other countries. However‚ one thing that makes Afghanistan different is its modern state. It is not a powerful‚ beautiful country like any other countries. Inside‚ it is the very definition of turmoil and depression. Although there might be many reasons why this is true‚ the primary
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The cold war was in fact the most particular war in the history of the world‚ mainly because this war didn’t have a direct conflict with the two enemy states. We learned the causes of the Cold War‚ the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan‚ how nationalism developed in the Middle East‚ how the Holocaust influenced the world‚ the reasons for the fall of the Soviet Union and the establishment and work of the United Nations along with the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact
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Following the end of World War II the previously allied nations‚ the US and the Soviet Union‚ began to allow their political and economic differences take forefront over what is now known as The Cold War. The central issue between these countries centered around the practice of communism in the Soviet Union and the United States’s desire to contain it. The tensions between these countries came into the forefront during their attempts to spread their own policies to places such as Berlin‚ Korea‚ and
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Origin of Cold War [Jaepil Lee] [0615-9127] [Feb 13th‚ 2013] [Scott Rutherford] The Cold War distinguished from hot war not including the actual warfare had been global phenomenon after World War Second. The origin of Cold War after 1945 two most powerful countries‚ United States and Soviet Union advocating capitalism and communism essentially reveal the ideological conflicts and with military blockage disclose the positional welfare in a political‚ economic and military area. The origin
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America‚ Russia‚ and the Cold War The origins of the Cold War came about when United States President Harry Truman issued his Truman Doctrine. This doctrine stated that the United States would support "free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." This would end up being the foundation of the U. S. involvement in the Cold War. The main idea of the doctrine was to support nations in the resistance of communism. Truman felt that if one nation
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The Cold War was a “global; power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1991” (textbook page 511). In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union defeated Germany in World War Two. After the war was over‚ both wanted to be the leader of the world. The two countries remained allies with each other until communism began to spread in Europe. The spread of communism caused Americans to fear communism which lead to problems that affected the United States domestic
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