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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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    Suess. This book was published in 1984‚ and it was written as an allegory to the Cold War. It is an anti-war story about the arms race‚ MAD‚ and nuclear weapons. This book was written in the Cold War era about the concerns of the time‚ and how all of life could be destroyed by nuclear war. The Cold War was the time after WWII that involved strong tensions between the Western Bloc and the United States. During the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union attempted to spread Communism‚ while the United States’ policy

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    the world‚ produced when the United States and the Soviet Union clashed‚ causing the famous war called The Cold War. But who was the responsible of causing this destructive war? We will talk and conclude who is to blame for the cold war by the following topics: dropping the bomb in Hiroshima‚ stopping the communism and the Truman doctrine. I believe that the responsible for causing this destructive and big war was USA. “Those closest to the explosion died instantly‚ their bodies turned to black char

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    terrorism. After September 11‚ 2001‚ America entered a period characterized by the real possibility of everyday violence on its own soil. By the time America got itself involved in two overseas wars to fight this new War on Terror‚ many Americans began to wonder whether the the U.S.’ victory in the Cold War was really a failure. There are three types of terrorism: State-sanctioned terrorism‚ terror networks‚ and domestic terrorism. State-sanctioned terrorism attacks are usually an attempt to gain

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    deterrence has failed‚ they are used to actively resist the attack. In light of the unacceptable costs of nuclear war‚ military strategists and planners have devoted a great deal of attention to the requirements of deterrence in the nuclear age. Strange as it may seem‚ the main problem with the concept of nuclear deterrence is that (fortunately) no two nuclear-armed states have gone to war with each other using their nuclear weapons. The result is that none of the alleged requirements of nuclear deterrence

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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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    demanded freedom from Eastern Europe and Yeltsin’s demands of ”democratization and rapid economic changes”. The end of the Cold War led to the Soviet Union’s collapse which happened because of Mikhail Gorbachev and his reform changes. The Cold War was a long and brutal battle.

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    In the race to become a supreme power in the world‚ the Cold War was between 1st world and 2nd world countries. It was mostly characterized by a power struggle of the United States and Russia‚ engaging in civil and proxy wars. The cold war also stimulated globalization 3.0‚ a movement of decolonization. Many countries that were previously colonized‚ encountered issues with getting back on their feet in all aspects. Thus‚ leading to the U.S intervening because they needed help to establish power of

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    The Cold War was strong rivalry and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. During this war there was a lot of struggle especially with political differences. Now‚ Berlin was a likely spot for trouble to develop during the cold war. This was for many reasons. Berlin was a critical area in Germany. Earlier in about 1948‚ the United States was fighting with the Soviet Union for Germany. While their goal was to keep each other week and divided. But later France‚ Britain‚ and United

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    significant wars and events‚ one of the most recent and memorable to people today is the Cold War. The Cold War took place from 1945-1991 and was a long conflict between the USSR and the United States in which both countries undermined the other but no actual violence took place‚ it led to the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ it caused China to ally with the Soviets‚ and it ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in 1991. After World War II‚ the Cold War began which was a war involving much

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