In April 1986‚ Mr. Gorbachev began the perestroika‚ translation “reconstruction”‚ which was to end the Cold War that effectively brought down the Iron Curtain. The split between West and East not only partitioned the world into two parts‚ but also divided the European family for over 40 years. With the fall of the Soviet Union came many changes that affected much if not all of Europe. At the end of the Brejnev era ‚ the socialist bloc was severely outdated and far removed from the contemporary
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pregnancies increased as well. Nonetheless‚ some women were not content going back into the kitchen and previously solid marriages ended in divorce. 6. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – NATO was formed in 1949 as a mutual defense alliance among the most of the nations of Western Europe and North America. NATO was formed to contain communism from spreading around the globe. National Security Council (NSC)- NSC was established in 1947 to provide policy recommendations to the president. It also
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during the cold war‚ so they would be on the US’s side. Truman Doctrine Stated the US would aid any nation that was fighting communism. Berlin (1948-49) The US sends Berlin supplies using aircraft. NATO Established to keep peace in the Northern Atlantic. Warsaw Pact A response to the NATO treaty by the communist states‚ forming an alliance. USSR Gets the Bomb The Soviet Union builds an atomic bomb which made many nations afraid. Korean War A battle fought between North and South Korea
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The cold war was a war of no blood shed it was more political than anything. The government had to deploy covert missions to Russia and Germany just so that the people wouldnt over exaggerate. The cold war did have it opportunities though like new alliances. The war was a battle won by pen and government politics not a blood shed of death like WWll. The politics of the post WWll were still under the new deal of FDR and this made it were electing someone new harder because some of the people wanted
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President’s Time in Office. In 1961‚ the Soviet Union demanded that NATO withdraw its forces from Berlin. The reason why‚ is because there were mass defections from the Soviet side of East Berlin and the Warsaw Pact wanted to have entire control of the city. At the time‚ it appeared as if some kind of showdown would take place between the Allied forces located in West Berlin and those of Soviet Union. However‚ instead of engaging NATO troops in the area‚ the USSR decided to build a wall that would close
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Who was to blame for the cold war? Generally it is not a great idea to blame just one party for something. I feel the same way about the cold war. I believe all parties involved were equally to blame in the cold war. This will be illustrated in my essay. However‚ there are three divisions of western historians when it comes to their opinion on the Cold War‚ the Traditionalists‚ the Revisionists and the Post-Revisionists. Each party has their own opinion on who was actually to blame for the Cold
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Notes taken from‚ The Americans‚ by McDougal LittelU.S. History CHAPTER 26: ³Cold War Conflicts´ ______________________________________________________ Section 1: Origins of the Cold War One Americans Story: [ no longer added] Former Allies Clash Democracy vs. Communism issueU.S. and USSR suspicion of each other:U.S. remembered the Non-Aggression Pact between Russia and GermanyStalin remembered how the U.S. ignored them when they were being attacked by Hitler Stalin learned that the
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otherwise known as NATO with ten other Western nations (History.com Staff‚ 2010). NATO was formed in 1949 with the purpose to prevent the further spread of communism and preserve democracy and capitalism. The members agreed to come to the aid of each other in the event of an attack or Soviet aggression. In response to this‚ the Soviet Union and other European communist nations formed the Warsaw Pact(The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica‚ 2018). It had the same pretense of NATO‚ if one country
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The events surrounding the September 11 attacks on the United States of America have often been shrouded in a cloud of controversy and mystery‚ with no one individual seemingly able to apprehend the “true” details of the terror attack. Many proposed theories have been brought forth‚ the most widely accepted being that of co-ordinated attacks by terrorist organisation “Al-Qaeda”. “9/11”‚ as the event is commonly known‚ is simply one of many global terrorism attacks that have seemingly consumed the
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