was introduced‚ the threat of nuclear weapons spread across the world and the Allied Powers worked to prepare. Countries either sided with the Western powers and ideas of capitalism‚ or they sided with the USSR and communism. The United States established a policy of containment while the USSR aimed to dominate Eastern Europe. Both sides belonged to the United Nations and established institutions that would encourage and strengthen their goals. The American institutions included the Atlantic Alliance
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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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Western power against Eastern power. Due to different political opinions‚ the US and the USSR created a tension that would lead to doctrines‚ regulation‚ blockades‚ secrecy and more amongst themselves. Following the termination of the Cold War‚ historians‚ politicians and the public contradict one another regarding who had the most responsibility for the causation for such period of time. Some would claim the USSR should be held most responsible for its aggressive approach. On the other hand‚ some would
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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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famous victories‚ no national heroes and no patriotic songs…” A war that threw the USA into public disdain for intervening where intervention was not needed; for causing bloodshed when none was called for- and all in the name of a failed policy of Containment and the miscalculated Domino Theory. However‚ in order to explain why the USA became increasingly involved in Vietnam‚ it is necessary to go into background detail as to why it became involved in Vietnam in the first place. Before the Second World
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