moneyless‚ and stateless social order structured upon common ownership of the means of production‚ as well as a social‚ political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of this social order. The two different ideologies of the USA and the USSR were bound to lead to conflict as they were essentially contradictory but some argue that they might not have been the only cause for the escalating institutionalised hatred between the two countries. For example‚ there was also the aspect of self-interest
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Soviet policies between 1945 and 1949 did play an essential role to the build up and outbreak of the tension between the USSR and USA‚ but not to the extent of how much the US is responsible for‚ because of post-war
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Geo-Strategic Importance of Pakistan. Geo strategic means the importance of a country or a region as by virtue of its geographical location. Geo political is defined as‚ stressing the influence of geographic factors on the state power‚ international conduct and advantages it derives from its location. Stephen Cohn describes this importance “While history has been unkind to Pakistan‚ its geography has been its greatest benefit. It has resource rich area in the north-west‚ people rich in the north-east
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The nuclear bombings of Japan are a very controversial topic‚ and is highly discussed and researched by scholars and the general public. The nuclear bombings are not just a small part in military history‚ but a lesson in reality and the destruction possible of man to achieve their goals; these bombings have raised a whole host of ethical issues and concerns‚ which must be taken into consideration. There are many reasons why the actions taken by the United States and specifically President Truman
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discussions threatened the war. However‚ President Truman and his Joint Chiefs of Staff‚ who were confident they had won a major victory and had seen the end of the war‚ had already contemplated in changing their foreign policy from one of the containment of communism to the roll back of communism in the north
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Following the Second World War‚ the US was engaged in the Cold War primarily against the Soviet Union‚ with many American presidents adopting the policy of containment to prevent the spread of Communism around the world. There was an active arms race afoot between the two superpowers with both of them focusing on nuclear capabilities. President John F. Kennedy pursued one of the largest peacetime expansions of the US military arsenal and capabilities. That expansion included the placement of Jupiter
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Between the years 1958 and 1961‚ the dispute over Berlin (often known as the ‘Berlin Crisis’) was one of the main issues between the USA and USSR‚ and caused a considerable amount of growing tension between the two states. The dispute over Berlin was a continuing issue over who was to occupy Berlin‚ the capital city of Germany. The city was seen as an important area for both states and led to several conflict issues throughout the time period. It could be argued that this issue and the tension caused
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critical to the safety of the world‚ even if both countries were stocking up on nuclear weapons (PBS Eisenhower 2002‚ 1). Using his formal powers as Chief diplomat‚ Eisenhower tried to make an executive agreement with the USSR. Open Skies was the name of this first proposal to the USSR‚ he proposed this at the 1955 Geneva Convention. His plan included each nation giving one another a full description of their military facilities‚ and allowing one another to conduct aerial inspections to make sure that
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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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With the Soviet union gaining more control in Europe Truman declared a hardline against the USSR. The Soviets believed they could achieve world domination. So Truman came up with the Truman doctrine which was in favor of Soviet containment. The Truman doctrines main pledge was that America would support nations threatened by Soviet communism. Truman told Congress that "it must be the policy of the United States to
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