(the US) and the eastern world (the Soviet Union). One of the main goals for the USA was the containment of communism. One of the ways that was tried was called the Truman Doctrine. This that the USA would give money and military aid to any countries wishing to defend themselves from communism. In 1955 the Warsaw pact was formed by the Soviet Union to set up a series of states closely aligned to the USSR as a military and political barrier between Russia’s vulnerable borders(due to WWII) in eastern
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Capitalism-communist antagonism between the Soviet Union and the USA arises from the conflict of ideologies held by each state. Marxism ideology is adopted by the Soviet Union as the rationalization for a communist government and covers both economy as the structure of society and the perceived weakness of capitalism. The structure of society is on the basis of labor and the exchange of goods‚ and the distribution of goods and money between classes. A capitalist state ensures imbalance of power
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Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and USSR and US in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these superpowers in political‚ ideological‚ security‚ and economic values and ideas. It caused a bipolar system in the world where there were two dominant powers fighting to become the dominant power. US and USSR being on opposing sides in Europe by the 1950s have extended the conflicts to other parts of the world. By using
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Communism was a force to be reckoned with and even after the Cold War‚ our country didn’t manage to destroy the ideas from Karl Marx which some countries still follow today. This can be seen as a weakness of our military power‚ or the power of containment. The Truman Doctrine‚ created in 1947‚ gave Americans the foundation to a highly successful military which could power over others. The Truman Doctrine was employed financially and militarily in the aid of Greece and Turkey in protection from the
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The growing tension between the Soviets and the West‚ United States in particular‚ reverberated around the world after the Second World War. Although allied in their fight against Nazi Germany‚ communist Russia and capitalist America soon came to distrust each other’s goals in a post-war world. The Soviets considered the West as being enslaved by capitalism whereas the Americans believed the Soviets were enslaved by communism. This general mistrust and unwillingness to work together is cleverly depicted
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deal with the perceived threat of communism after 1950‚ both at home and abroad? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Communism was spreading during the 1950s. It seemed as though it had spread from the USSR to China and was still advancing‚ causing the Australian government to become fearful of communism eventually reaching Australia and the threat of communism existing within Australia. To fight this perceived threat they brought in policies and propaganda
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THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR (1945-50) Definition: Martyn Walker calls it the “civil war of the human race” about the balance of global power‚ with an ideological element. It was the indirect conflict between the USA and USSR that went on from 1945-1991. And it was expressed in everything from an arms and space race to chess tournaments - and even ice hockey matches. The Long-Term Reasons Many regard the Cold War as having roots going back decades before the end of WWII in 1945. Both sides
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by China and USA. The South was supported by USA and the United Nations‚ while the North was backed by China and USSR who were part of the communist fraternity. On the other hand‚ the outbreak of Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest the Cold War almost became a ‘hot’ war as a nuclear war almost took place (possibly starting another world war). The parties involved were USA‚ USSR and Cuba. This question holds the assumption that the Korean War was in fact more significant in the spread of Cold
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William Langley POL 300 Dr. Angela Agboli-Esedebe Mar 08‚ 2015 1. Reagan’s doctrine was based on the 1950’s Rollback policy of John Foster Dulles rather than the Containment policy of the Truman administration. This was an effort to stop and later reverse Soviet aggress Th Reagan officials would include an offensive component to containment that was at least as clear—and more wide-ranging—than anything that policy had authorized during the early Cold War. Secretary of State George Shultz‚ similar
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war. In my research paper I will be describing the cold war in full details‚ the people that influence the war‚ and introducing the major affect that the war played in society. During the Cold War the containment was hard to control. Mutual suspicion had long existed between the West and the USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)‚ and friction was sometimes manifest in the Grand Alliance during World War II. After the war the West felt threatened by the continued expansionist policy of the Soviet
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