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    George Kennan played a major role in the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War. As a result‚ I spent a lot of time researching the many aspects on which he left a very visible mark. Not only did Kennan cause the creation and usage of the containment policy‚ but he also later disagreed with the way the United States government applied the policy. George Kennan provided the United States with much of the Russian and Soviet historical background information that

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    The Cold War vs. The War on Terrorism In this class we have discussed and studied many historical events that have molded America into a very unique nation. We have followed history through World War I‚ World War II‚ The Cold War‚ and now a War on Terrorism. In this paper I will describe The Cold War and The War on Terrorism in detail and how they differ. The Cole War was a long period of time‚ 1945-1991‚ where tensions were running high between The Western World and Eastern Europe. The United

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    Spy Crisis or The Korean War? The Cold War spanned over forty years and was the combination of a multitude of related events. These events brought tension and political pressure between the USA and the USSR that could have resulted in complete mutually assured destruction (M.A.D) as both sides had the combined power to destroy the world. However‚ which pivotal event was the greatest threat to world peace‚ the U2 Spy crisis or the Korean War? The Korean War was the war fought between the communists

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    After the devastation of World War II‚ the entire world anticipated and feared another outbreak of war as tensions increased between two powerful nations‚ one being the United States‚ and the other being the Soviet Union. The two countries entered a state of hostility‚ known as the Cold War‚ where a quiet battle was fought using fear‚ propaganda‚ and threats. For about 45 years‚ nations across the globe waited as the two major countries continued their rivalry through provocation and rising tensions

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    After the war‚ the Soviet Union would again retreat into isolation. However‚ the isolation was different this time. The Soviet Union began building a huge military and space program. They were driven by the vast destruction the Germans had inflicted upon them in World War 2. This militaristic attitude‚ mixed with expansionist ideas created a huge rivalry with the United States. This huge rivalry became known as the Cold War. The Cold War created many stereotypical images and

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    Cold War Historiography: New Evidence Behind Traditional Typographies Timothy J. White For Americans and many in the world‚ the Cold War dominated international relations from 1945-1991. Only the nuclear balance of terror prevented this uneasy peace from becoming all out war‚ and few if any events could be understood outside of the context of this bipolar rivalry. As the Cold War came to an end‚ some thought we had witnessed "an end to history."(1) Instead‚ we have witnessed a fundamental change

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    Cold War DBQ Between 1941 and 1949‚ the Soviet Union and the United States‚ capitalists and communists had a major disagreement about political affairs. From the Red Scare‚ to the Bolsheviks Revolution‚ communism fright has spread around the US. The United States wanted to spread capitalism and decrease communism‚ while the Soviet Union wanted the opposite. Both sides used several methods and/or tactics to stop the spread of the opposite political view. These methods used by the United States and

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    the end of the Second World War. Ali vs. Frazier – Communism vs. Democracy The phrase “when one door closes‚ another door opens” applies to most cases throughout the history of our existence. World War II was no exception. With a world free of Nazi stronghold and the “Axis of Evil”‚ a lot of changes were being made. Before World War II there were six great powers: Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ the Soviet Union‚ Japan‚ and the United States. By the end of the war‚ the United States stood alone

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    Long Telegram and the Novikov Telegram The single document that best illustrated American anti-communism and general suspicion of Soviet aspirations was George Kennan’s famous Long Telegram of 1946. The Long Telegram was perhaps the most cited and most influential statement of the early years of the Cold War. George Kennan had been an American diplomat on the Soviet front‚ beginning his career as an observer of the aftermath of the Russian Civil War. He witnessed collectivization and the terror

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    Cold War In history‚ there is a disagreement among historians regarding to when the Cold War began. While most historians dated its origins to the period immediately following World War II‚ others dispute that it began towards the end of World War I‚ when tensions between the Russian Empire‚ the United States and other European countries had already demonstrated the mutual distrust and suspicion between the Western powers and the Soviet Union as a result of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. With these

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