How far has the historical debate about the origins of the Cold War changed since the collapse of the USSR in 1991? For forty-five years‚ the Cold War was at the center of world politics. It dominated the foreign policies of the two superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union- and deeply affected their societies and their political‚ economic and military institutions. The Cold War also shaped the foreign policy and domestic politics of most other
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To what extent had the USSR recovered from the impact of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) by the time of Stalin’s death in 1953? Although VE celebrations started on 24th June 1945‚ peace was declared on the 9th May in Moscow. There are differing opinions on the amount of deaths that were caused by the Great Patriotic War (for example‚ Kenez estimates 26-27 million‚ many of whom were prisoners of war‚ whereas Hoskings estimated 20-25 million‚ many of whom were killed indirectly by the war‚ by means
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‘Khrushchev fell from power because he failed to convince the party of the need to carry out fundamental reform in the USSR’ Introduction: Talk about how after Stalin’s death he set about on de-Stalinisation and reform the Stalinist system that had previously consisted of terror and repression Khrushchev had a lot of good ideas that he wanted to implement but due to the bureaucratic nature of the Soviet party officials weren’t keen on implementing certain reforms which offered no benefits to them
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The collapse of the USSR was caused by internal problems and had nothing to do with the cold war. Assess this view. The collapse of the USSR refers to the process of a gradual loss of legitimacy and appeal of the communist ideology and the CPSU since 1985 culminating in the disintegration of the USSR Empire from 1989 and the eventual dissolution of the USSR in December 1991. While “internal problems” refer to the inefficiencies of the Soviet command economy which stemmed from poor resource allocation
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major conflict to occur during the Cold War between USA and the USSR. During this conflict Western Berlin who was under the control of the Western Allies was blocked off from the West Germany by the USSR. USA decided to airlift goods between West Berlin and West Germany. The causes of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift we the Yalta Conference‚ the American policy of containment and the growing mistrust and tension between the USA and the USSR. The consequences of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift were the
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Cold War DBQ Between 1941 and 1949‚ the Soviet Union and the United States‚ capitalists and communists had a major disagreement about political affairs. From the Red Scare‚ to the Bolsheviks Revolution‚ communism fright has spread around the US. The United States wanted to spread capitalism and decrease communism‚ while the Soviet Union wanted the opposite. Both sides used several methods and/or tactics to stop the spread of the opposite political view. These methods used by the United States and
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cause continued US support for South Korea in the period 1950 to 1953? The Korean War was embroiled by the involvement of the three superpowers; the USA‚ China and the USSR. There are many reasons that contributed to the continued support of the US in South Korea including the concepts of the domino theory; the containment of Communism; the rising public pressure on Truman in order to maintain the American Pacific ‘sphere of influence’ and the arguable major conflicts of ideologies between the
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and another one had just begun. Even though there was not a direct military campaign between two key adversaries‚ the Cold War continued roughly for about 45 long years. It was named Cold because no actual fighting took place‚ but both the U.S. and USSR were bulking up their militaries‚ as if they had both been infiltrated or attacked. The Russians raced to conquer as much land as they could. They wanted to acquire all military knowledge and advancements‚ such
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Responsible for the Start of the Cold War? Although differences between communism and capitalism - two opposing systems - existed before the start of World War II‚ relations between the United States and USSR deteriorated rapidly after the war. The US was so opposed to communism that a policy of containment was developed to prevent communism spreading. In addition‚ open hostility‚ lack of understanding‚ and deliberate provoking further separated the two countries. Though the Cold War was a result of many
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Sovietisation of Eastern Europe‚ though a significant factor for the cause of the Cold War‚ was still not the most important impetus of all. Even though the imperialist intent of the Sovietisation of Eastern Europe prompted the USA to come up with the Containment Policy that led to the conflicts‚ it was still the misunderstanding and mistrust from both superpowers which aggravated the progress and tensions of the Cold War. The Sovietisation of Eastern Europe was viewed by USA as expansionistic and hence
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