The Cold War: the Balance of Power & Strategic Deterrence When I was in the White House‚ I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30‚000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. Jimmy Carter Cold war (a term coined by the English writer George Orwell) was a prolonged state of military and political tension between the two major powers that emerged at the end of the second world war‚ namely The Union
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Containment during the Cold War refers to the United States’ methodology of dealing with Communism. Proposed by George Kennan‚ this policy (along with the Truman Doctrine) would be the driving force behind many of the United States’ decisions throughout the Cold War. The idea involved stopping the spread of Communism and influence of the Soviet Union by keeping it within the borders it already lies. Kennan believed that the system of Communism was a deadly force as it spreads‚ similar to a parasite
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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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that have been made in the last 60 years can be attributed to the Cold War. Much of the technology developed during the period of the Cold War is still in use today by the military and government. Advancements in offensive technology are well known to just about everyone in the way of nuclear energy harnessed in the form of the nuclear bomb‚ but little is known about the battle for information during the Cold War. The Cold War produced some of the most advanced technology used in the fields of
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organizational change in the way the command of forces in peace and war are exercised. During the Cold War‚ the Canadian doctrine was structured around the worst-case scenario of total war. In that case‚ while national command was always retained in Ottawa‚ operational command were to be devolved to functional subordinate commands - ultimately to be given over to a NATO or NORAD commander for actual operations. Plans and procedures focused on Alliance structures and the mechanisms for approval and transfer
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For more than two centuries‚ Russia and the United States have shared a diplomatic relationship. Whether that involved trading or the military. Foreign relations between the former Soviet Union and the United States were driven by a complex set of ideologies‚ political agendas‚ and economic factors‚ which led to the superpower rivalry that has been on display over the past two-hundred years. Presidents from both nations have been involved‚ from President Ronald Reagan to most recently‚ President Barack
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SS11 (Post-War - Part A) Name: Dhanbir.V Period: Blk.1 Canada in the 1950s Read Counterpoints p. 168 -189 The Changing Face of Canada (p. 170-178) 1. Explain the “baby boom” of the post-war years. What effect do you think this would have on Canadian society? -The increase in the birth rate that took place in Canada was known as the “baby boom”. -The demand for baby products and services and grown and many woman had to leave their jobs to support
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The Cold War was the political and ideological conflict between two world superpowers‚ the USA and the USSR‚ which started in 1947 at the end of the Second World War and lasted until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26‚ 1991. This political and cultural war waged by Communists and Capitalists was a colossal confrontation unseen in human history. The Cold War developed as differences about the shape of the postwar world created suspicion and distrust between the United States and the
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The concept of ’balance of power is an important consideration in the analysis of the cold war which in theory was successful in avoiding any global conflict during the years 1945-1989. It was an ideologically based concept; communism versus democracy‚ USSR and its allies versus USA and its allies. Balance of power speaks to a situation in which peace is ensured by maintaining equilibrium of alliances between major powers. This equilibrium places checks and balances on any move towards hegemony‚
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Drew Garrett Dr. Dea Boster Hist 1152-005 20 April 2014 Cold-War During the 1950’s America‚ post WWII‚ our Nation faced major changes under the leading presidency of Truman and Eisenhower. America fell into another time of prosperous feeling with the end of yet another victory in World War II‚ an almost arrogant view of their society in respects to the remainder of other economies. Communism became the American adversary‚ and Americans sought to purge the world of it. Because of the extreme
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