The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States‚ representing capitalism and democracy‚ and the Soviet Union‚ representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII‚ contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a
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of the Cold War in the Mid 1900’s In the mid 1900’s the term Cold War would be used to describe the relationship between the United States and the USSR. With the United States possessing a powerful weapon known as the atomic bomb; the USSR would not be long behind them after World War II with their own atomic bomb. During this time period the USSR and the United States relationship would dissolve because of the United States holding back information at the Yalta Conference. The Cold War would
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measured in power. To better understand how war acts as a means to this end‚ scholars have proposed many theories. The three most plausible theories are offensive realism‚ the power transitions theory‚ and defensive realism. After applying these theories—offensive realism‚ power transitions‚ and defensive realism—to World War I and the Cold War‚ this paper examines them in the context of the present climate of Eastern Europe‚ and argues that while great power war will occur in the next fifteen years‚
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The Cold War had numerous affects on the United States foreign and domestic policy and way of life. Within the Cold War‚ individual events altered the United States for the better and worse. One result of the Bay of Pigs Invasion and communism becoming more prominent in Cuba was that Fidel Castro decided to militarily ally with the Soviets. This caused the spread of fear for enemies penetrating the government in the United States and people were attacked because they were accused of being communist
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Ryan Hsin 10/17/14 US History Period 2 Causes of the Revolutionary War DBQ A great things started somewhere. For a powerful‚ free‚ and role model country like the United States of America started somewhere. The journey of our storied revolution and transformation to one of the world’s premier powers have its roots derived from Great Britain. Unjust colonial rules implanted by the King of England acted as the catalyst for revolution amongst the colonies. Once a happy family‚ key events triggered
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The technical‚ sociological and political concepts that arose during the Cold War made a notable difference to the landscape of the next 60 years. Under the atmosphere of impending doom‚ many novel concepts were conceived that dramatically altered the psyches of generations to come. Mutually Assured Destruction‚ nuclear winter and the concept of psychological resistance are all good examples of how the Cold War altered the social fabric for years to come. The first‚ and best remembered‚ of
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The Cold War was the state of hostility that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II (Danzer R46). Though it did not involve direct military conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States (Danzer R46)‚ the start of the Cold War had many causes and the consequences affected both international issues and Americans’ everyday lives during the 1950s (CITE). TOPIC SENTENCE--- CAUSES‚ INTERNAL CONFLICT‚ EXTERNAL CONFLICT. The Cold War stemmed from a mutual mistrust
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After world war two‚ the alliance between the USSR and the West was conflicted. Competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over ideologies‚ through other countries‚ without direct armed conflict arose. Both groups began to doubt each other; the United States did not trust communists and the USSR did not trust capitalists. The blame to this event can probably be debated‚ but from research‚ the Soviets hold most of the blame. There were many different causes of the Cold War. One of them
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To what extent did the domino theory exacerbate the cold war? Jordan Heiman December 19‚ 2014 Podell Word Count: 1807 Plan of Investigation This investigation will evaluate the question‚ “to what extent did the domino theory exacerbate the cold war?” To further determine the degree that the domino theory heightened the cold war‚ the following sources will be evaluated; JSTOR‚ EbscoHost‚ and Google Scholar. The investigation will revolve around a large range of time‚ the 1950’s
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Thesis Paragraph: During the time of the Cold War the Soviet Union were making advancements and trying extremely hard to beat the U.S and still trying to spread communism all over Eastern Europe. In Afghanistan there was an Holy War going on between the Mujahideen (Muslims wanting to overthrow the government) and the Amin government (1). The Amin government was for communism‚ which is where the Soviet Union would come in (1). The Soviets would join the war to help the Amin government maintain their
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