origins and causes of the cold war ROHAN SINGH SEPTEMBER 2012 Name of University: The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences Subject:Political Science Date of Submission:1st October‚ 2012. “Why the Iron curtain descended”: A study into the origins and causes of the cold war INTRODUCTION On April 16‚ 1947‚ Bernard Baruch‚ former advisor to former U.S. Presidents‚ Harry Truman and Woodrow Wilson came up with the term ‘Cold War’ to describe
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The Cold War dominated the second half of the twentieth century and resulted in the collapse of communism. This war occurred due to a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1940 and 1980‚ was called Cold War because the war between the two countries was triggered by fears of a nuclear scale. The main cause that led to this war occurred because the Soviet Union wanted to spread its communist ideology to everyone‚ which alarmed the Americans‚ who hated the ideology
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President Truman did not support. He felt it was imperative to put an end to the spread of communism‚ and that is what he set out to accomplish during the Cold War. The Truman Doctrine forced change and provided aid to any country whose steadiness was threatened by this type of leadership. This successful doctrine‚ which was first implemented in Turkey and Greece‚ asserts that the U.S. would contain communism where it already exists by committing all resources necessary. (Truman Doctrine Video Lectures)
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In June 5th‚ 1947‚ Marshall declared a famous speech in Harvard University. The idea of providing economic aid to the all Europe came on the scene. Between 1948 and the end of 1951‚ United States channeled $12.3 billion aid to Western Europe including grants‚ loans and in-kind transfer. The effects of Marshall Plan are all-encompassing‚ for example‚ contributing to the cold war‚ helping the recovery of European economy and European integration. Someone called in question about its necessity‚ someone
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today. World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Cold War all come from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The victims were the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife Sophie. They were returning from an official visit to City Hall. The assassin‚ 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian nationalist. He thought the death of the Archduke was going free his people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But how could the death of one person cause the biggest wars of the last
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The Marshall Plan and the Division of Europe Charles S. Maier Michael Cox and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe provide a valuable survey of much of the historiography of the Marshall Plan‚ rightly understood to be a centerpiece of the early Cold War. Their essay raises important questions about post-revisionist accounts and interpretations and makes a useful contribution in discussing the role of the British and French in the events of 1947—a role that the American literature long overlooked but that
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan was a strategically devised program by the U.S. to sustain communist influence and without it Europe would have never recovered as well as it did economically‚ industrially‚ and politically. The Marshall Plan was an audacious decision by the U.S. in order to suppress the spread of communism after the devastations of World War II. The United States needed to substantially aid non-communist countries to stop the spread of Soviet influence so “Marshall had traveled
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success would not have happened without its initial aid from the United States. After helping destroy so much of the continent‚ the U.S. pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. It was named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall‚ who said "The world of suffering people looks to us for leadership. Their thoughts‚ however‚ are not concentrated alone on this problem. They have more immediate and terribly pressing concerns where the mouthful of
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The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress
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