against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War? Was it at Potsdam in 1945‚ where disagreements between superpowers came about after the Second World War and no military alliance against Hitler was needed? Or was it in 1946 when Kennan introduced containment and Churchill declared the existence of an Iron Curtain between Eastern and Western Europe‚ within a month of each other? The origins of the Cold War can be argued for any of the above views‚ and thus is not definite; however‚ it is evident that
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by President Truman] wanted to help Germany recover/ to prevent large areas of Europe from coming under Communist control. 3. Resentment about history: The USSR did not trust Britain and the USA – They had tried to destroy the Russian Revolution in 1918/ Stalin thought they had not helped the USSR enough in WW2. Britain & USA did not trust USSR – Stalin had signed the Nazi-Soviet pact in 1939. 4. Events turned the mistrust into war: Yalta/ Potsdam/ Salami tactics/ Fulton/ Greece/ Truman Doctrine/
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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 Containment Policy came about because of these different
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War Ideology and Policies The Cold War is a term used to describe a mostly nonviolent conflict primarily between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US) beginning in 1945. The USSR’s military might and the US’s nuclear capabilities defined the Cold War. Neither country was willing to start an all out war. The USSR and the US were allies during WWII although they were never friendly. The two countries became allies only because of a common enemy‚ Hitler (Trueman (n
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To what extent were the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid successful at containing communism in 1948? The cold war was a period of tension between the communist side of Europe‚ USSR‚ and the capitalist side‚ USA and Britain. Although it was called a cold war‚ there was never any declaration of war between the two sides. There were many events during the cold war period that were seen as a policy of containing communism to just Eastern Europe. Some historians believe 2 of the main policies
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annexation of small portions of Romania and Czechoslovakia. Furthermore‚ the foreign policy was also based on the aim of taking advantage of the military situation in Europe to strengthen Soviet influence. As such‚ it was not hard for USA to see that USSR was inexorably expansionist‚ and had aims to spread world wide communism. These suspicions were made worse by the fact that although the Soviets had agreed to the principle of free elections in Eastern Europe during the Yalta conference of February
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Marshall Plan) to stimulate and control their economic development and support the collectivization of agriculture and the development of heavy industry. 2. Draw a table of the important decision makers during the Berlin Airlift for the US and USSR and explain what each person’s role was during the crisis. Important Decision Maker | Role in Berlin Airlift | General Clay | Organized the airlift | Stalin | Caused the blockade‚ couldn’t do anything to stop the blockade. | Truman | President
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Chapter 14-The Uneasy Peace Section 1-The Cold War Begins An Iron Curtain Starts to Fall 1. US/USSR did not trust each other An Uneasy Alliance 1. US‚ Britain‚ USSR + 3 other nations=Grand Alliance during WWII 2. Old hatreds in many nations 3. USSR a. Resented fact that US‚ French‚ British supported whites b. US refused to recognize USSR until 1933 c. Soviet propaganda=fear of American capitalism with divisions between rich/poor and swings from prosperity
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For about 40 years plus the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. feuded with each other over their different views of economics and political ideas; this was called the Cold War.The policy of containment was to keep something isolated or preventing the growth of a certain influence. The Cold war started after World War II when the Soviet Union disliked the idea of a democracy and the U.S. disliked the idea of communism. Communists believed that everything was owned by the government and the U.S. had the economic
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1947–1991 and plagued nations across the globe. As the post-war negotiations were deliberated by three of the strongest world powers‚ the United States (US)‚ Britain‚ and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ disagreements arose that created tension between the US and the USSR and ultimately instigated the infamous “Fifty Years War” (Crockatt 64). But was this conflict avoidable‚ or was the Cold War simply inevitable? In order to effectively answer to this issue‚ the origins and conflicts
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