Post-Civil War Industrialization allowed America have an interconnected‚ productive‚ and profitable economy which results in the US becoming economically powerful globally. As the US became more industrial and urban which increased production that causing farmers and factory owners to search for new markets for their surplus goods. Once Americans found these new foreign markets they wanted to protect their financial interests in that country which lead to countries being under the US’ sphere of influence
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“The Insider Prospective Of The Cold War” Artie Swift Kaplan University SS310-09: Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach Professor Aine Lorie Unit 2 Essay July 17‚ 2013 I recently conducted interviews with three soldiers of the United States Army pertaining to their views of the Cold War between the United States and The Soviet Union. The information I collected from the soldiers helped me prepare a special in-depth view of event told directly from their opinion of the events
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The Cold War? The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can
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of the Cold War through the end of the Truman administration was an important era. The only countries left with any power after WWII were the US and USSR. America needed a vigorous free market in Europe and the Soviets were apprehensive about Germany invading. The USSR wanted to create a communist buffer in Poland to keep Germany out. The US didn’t like this conception because they thought the communism would spread and that they would lose foreign markets for their goods. Thus‚ the Cold war commenced
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Post-war British Politics of Consensus Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Post-war consensus 3. The lack of consensus 4. Conclusion 5. Works cited Introduction The post-war period was an extremely difficult period in the history of Great Britain. In fact‚ after the end of the World War II the country was practically ruined in the result of the regular bombings from the part of the German aviation and the entire infrastructure of the country was in a very poor condition. What is more important
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The Effect of the Cold War Arm’s Race on STEM Occupations during the Cold War Ketib Oldiais Mr. Kelley IB Asian and European History HL 00450- A. Plan of Investigation 5 marks During the Cold War‚ the struggle for power between the communists of Soviet Russia and the pro-democracy politicians of the United States escalated in numerous proxy wars‚ acts of espionage‚ and potential nuclear warfare. Behind it all however‚ the Cold War was a breeding ground for competition in the fields of science‚
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The Cold War was an ideological war when there was a great political and military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The two powers were on the opposite ends of the economic and political spectrum. The United States is the capitalist state‚ while the Soviet Union was Russia. Though there was no fighting between the two states‚ there was always the threat that could have triggered a full-blown world war. The Cold War lasted about 45 years and it changed the global political and
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A critical analysis of William Maynes ( America without Cold War) Throughout the cold and after the cold war‚ American foreign policy have been solely dependent on the threats that emerged on international security‚ world order and its role as the guardian of the democratic values and principles. Nevertheless‚ Soviet Union threats and communism spread in the Eastern Europe or in the scattered countries around the globe has been the driver of the foreign policy as well as the military budgets. What
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The Truman Doctrine‚ The Serviceman’s Readjustment Act‚ Keynesian Economics‚ and the Marshall Plan were all intended to either boost the economy at home or help foreign economies abroad. The Truman Doctrine was aimed to stop the Soviets during the Cold War. This effort provided political‚ economic‚ and military assistance to Greece and Turkey. This Doctrine is considered the foundation of American foreign policy. The Marshall Plan is similar to the Truman Doctrine in the economic aid of foreign countries
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Indeed‚ Truman was the initiator of the “containment” policy‚ applied during the entire Cold War. His main actions were the German airlift‚ Korean War‚ the creation of the NATO and the creation of NSC-68 (which recommended increasing the military budget three-fold). Then‚ Eisenhower greatly expanded this policy. More than containment‚ Eisenhower’s Secretary of State John Foster Dulles wanted to “rollback” the communist extension. He also increased the tensions of the arm race with
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