The Cold War The Cold War was "the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II" (History book‚ pg. 874). The Cold War began by controversial wants and needs from two different countries and several different "weapons" were used to fight this controversial war. The feuds eventually kept building up‚ greater and greater‚ resulting in one great war. Two countries‚ the United States and the Soviet Union both took part in fighting. According to the
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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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WHO IS A GOOD PERSON? A good person is someone who is sincere and loyal‚but not selfish. A person is someone who has a positive attitude and respects for oneself as well as others. A good person should be evaluated by criteria of his/her characteristics‚ intellect‚ thoughts‚ emotions and behaviours‚ but not his/her physical appearence‚ religious belief or ethnic origin. Firstly‚ being altruistic is one of the most important qualities. Altruism is selfless helping. Someone helps
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agree with the view that superpower misjudgements account for the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-53? The term Cold War has been used to describe the period of extreme tension between the capitalist USA and communist USSR. Many historians argue that the main reason for the development of the Cold War was the misunderstandings between the two superpowers. This view is further supported by Source 7 who states that‚ “American decision-makers misread Soviet security interests in Eastern
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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Betty Friedan is a woman who is recognized as feminist and a writer that impacted the entire world with her book she published named “The Feminine Mystique (1963)”. She was a very educated woman who wanted to play a bigger role in politics. Betty Friedan was her own presidential of the organization she created “National Organization of women” which stands for (NOW). This was to fight women’s equal rights and the big role women played in society. She stated she also wanted protect women’s rights with
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TERM PAPER The Cold War: What are the origins of the Cold War? What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War? How is this war different from World War II? Societies have prospered from war for as long as we can remember. Ever since the US was founded we have been fighting wars. We have even fought against ourselves to provide freedom to others. Coming into the late 1940 ’s the classification of war had changed. A different type of war emerged known as the Cold War. This was a new
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Spies in the Cold War Spies had a great role in the cold war‚ a lot of spies were in different areas to find out what other countries were doing or planning to do to then bring back the information to the country they were working for. There were many types of espionage in the cold war for different countries in order to find information that can lead to a victory in the war. I will need to research the different types of espionage there was and what they were looking for‚ I will also need to
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The Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War‚ how far do you agree with this statement? To an extent I do believe that the Soviet Union was to blame for to blame for the cold war‚ but this was through no fault of their own‚ as Stalin’s intentions was to demobilize and crush Nazi Germany‚ and build a buffer of communism around the Soviet Union‚ due to the threat of another invasion‚ as Germany had invaded twice with devastating consequences. The Soviet Union‚ controlled by Joseph Stalin in
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There were many fears of the Cold War that the American people feared in the aftermath of the Second World War‚ which is stated in Document A. The American people feared the Soviet for two reasons. One reason was why the American people feared the Soviet was because the Soviet had nuclear bombs. The other reason was that the Soviet was the first to put up an orbiting satellite‚ which was Sputnik. However‚ as in stated in Document B‚ the American people greatest fear was communism. Because China turned
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