The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy The Cold War was the dominant conflict of the Twentieth Century. More than any other event‚ it defined the roles that virtually all nations played for almost 50 years. It was a truly World- Wide War‚ a content between two rival superpowers between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which for many years held the entire planet hostage to the threat of nuclear annihilation. By the time it was over‚ its players had spent the staggering sum of $15 Trillion (Windle‚ 2011).
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To what extent were ideological differences to blame for the Cold War? The two superpowers both United States and Soviet Union relations after the Second World War were completely torn; the tension eventually became a status-quo where both ideologies neither were able to reconcile nor co-exist due to economical and political competition. The two ideologies’ conflict then resulted in an arm race‚ boycott‚ and aggressive foreign policy‚ which were known as the Cold War. It may be true that the both
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rampant in Washington‚ especially in Congress (Dunne 5). With the United States embroiled in the Cold War‚ a largely ideological battle between the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist United States‚ the United States’ adopted a policy of containment‚ in hopes of preventing the spread of communism to the Western Hemisphere. Once communism had spread to Cuba‚ with Castro being largely influenced by the Soviet Union‚ the United States had quietly decided to take action to remove Castro from office
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Puritanism: a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England of remnants of the Roman Catholic “popery” that the Puritans claimed had been retained after the religious settlement reached early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Puritans became noted in the 17th century for a spirit of moral and religious earnestness that informed their whole way of life‚ and they sought through church reform to make their lifestyle the pattern for the whole
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1. Define doctrine and identify why a president would want to announce one. A doctrine is a philosophy‚ actions‚ and set of principles particular or adopted by a president or a group in general. It is adopted to guide actions for that particular group or individual. In international relations it is mostly used to explain the foreign policy under a president. When elected a president differentiate himself by establishing am ideology‚ a set of policies that will dictate what course of action will
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entire East of Europe to Stalin‚ Truman’s doctrine changed the United States’ attitude towards communism. The new policy was containment‚ and the US were worried about the progress of Stalin’s communism throughout Eastern Europe and the Far East‚ with Máo Zédōng’s regime introducing communism into China‚ and soon‚ Korea. Something had to be done – Soviet Russia turned into the USSR‚ with fifteen SFSRs‚ China became the People’s Republic of China – communist countries were spreading their ideals‚ and
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of the Cold War. Analyze the primary motivations of both the US and the USSR during the early decades of the Cold War conflict. ___________________________________________________________________________ The Cold War is the name given to the period between 1945‚ the end of the Second World War‚ and 1991‚ the date of the collapse of the Soviet Union and is used to describe a period of stand-off between the USA and the USSR – a cold war being fought by all means short of international armed conflict
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close they came to nuclear war. In 1963 the US and the USSR made important agreements that contributed to arms control. In June a direct hot line ’ was established between Washington and Moscow. This communication link between the head of states was established to reduce the risk of a nuclear war arising from accident‚ misunderstanding‚ miscalculation‚ or surprise attack. And in August‚ after an offer made by Kennedy to come to terms with the USSR about testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere‚ the
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their offensive. For centuries‚ the Afghan people had battled numerous invaders of their territory‚ but were conquered by none. Statistically speaking‚ Soviet leaders entered into a war with some terrible odds for winning and it seems as though the USSR lost the war before it even began. Henry Kissinger once stated‚ “The guerilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.” (Ewans‚ 2005). The strength of the Mujahideen’ emanated from their Islamic ideals. “They had
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Johnson (LBJ) had no choice but to send US troops to Vietnam in 1965. Word Count: 304 Word Count: 304 Hess argues that the threat of the USSR and Communism “left the US no choice but to stand up to the challenge posed by Vietnam”. Direct confrontation was impossible as the USSR was a nuclear power‚ therefore the only choice available was “a policy of containment”; previous success in Korea gives validity to this view. Hess states Vietnam was the centre of the “Domino Theory”‚ that a communist Vietnam
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