downfall of Soviet Union can be connected to the Arms race between the two superpowers of the U.S and the USSR. The results from the arms race left too much unused waste material‚ such as the stockpile of nuclear warheads and costed both superpowers a hefty sum. The Soviets continued to invest too much currency into their government to keep up with the U.S. The Soviets had to increase effort to reach where they were before the escalation and the results to this upsurge were not pleasant. The Soviet economy
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the Soviet Union in 1941‚ the United States and the Soviet Union transformed from enemies into allies. The Grand alliance consisted of a shared mistrust of each other’s motives. Stalin always had his suspicions of the Western aims. The different views they had began to aggravate their post war settlement‚ to the West the adamant stand the Soviets had on the future of Eastern Europe was threatening. And so the surrender of Germany bought their alliance to an end‚ the dispute between the Soviet Union
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In 1985‚ immediately following Konstantin Chernenko’s death‚ Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as General Secretary of the Soviet Union. Before Gorbachev assumed power‚ the Soviet Union was Communist in name‚ however it did not emulate Communist values. Citizens were strictly controlled‚ as what they read‚ watched and said was monitored. Citizens were monitored even more about what they can see about their government and country‚ in order to prevent rebellion or resistance. As Gorbachev began his rule
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and the Soviet Union fought against the Axis powers together.1 But near the end of World War II‚ after the defeat of Germany and Japan‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were the remaining superpowers in the world. Because of this‚ tensions rose between the two countries to achieve more power over the other country.2 Moreover‚ Truman personally disliked Stalin and the government was afraid of the “USSR’s aim of spreading world communism.”3 This is important because in return‚ the Soviets also resented
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of the cold war and resulted in the dissolution of the Soviet bloc after the intrinsic faults in the communist system were revealed. Glasnost is based on the Russian word Glasnost which means publicity or transparency while Perestroika means restructuring. These ideas were applied to the Soviet bloc under the leadership of Gorbachev to lift the bloc out of the Stagnancy of Brezhnev. This new approach resulted in distinct division within Soviet society while being internationally cohesive‚ especially
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Some of the effects of the Cold War on both United States Foreign Policy and Domestic Affairs can be seen in various facets during the period of 1945-1989. The democratic stance of the United States (US) versus the communist viewpoint of the Soviet Union placed the two countries at odds. The Cold War became a true battle for the US in the sense that the political leaders wanted to stop the spread of Russian communism. Economic sanctions were put on Russia during this time period‚ and the US paid
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to overthrow pro-Soviet regimes (Roskin 58). President Reagan supported anti-communist groups‚ and Reagan argued that the American economy was on the move again‚ while the Soviet Union had become stagnant. President Reagan had morally opposed nuclear weapons since 1945‚ and he quietly worked to make the world safer from the threat of nuclear war. Under Reagan’s administration‚ the Reagan Doctrine was implemented by the United States to oppose global influence of the Soviet Union during the final
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Europe‚ i.e. Soviet massacre of Polish officer in the Katyn‚ Forest‚ 1940 and Red Army refusal to help Warsaw Uprising‚ 1944. Block 2 Discuss Western hypocrisy over British and French appeasement of fascist dictatorships in the 1930s and American support of Greece and Turkey in 1946‚ as justification for Stalin’s control of Eastern Europe. Block 3 Discuss the USSR’s claims to northern Iran and the Black Sea straits and the effect it had on Western assumptions/reactions about Soviet intentions
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The Cold War extended from a period which started at end of the Second World War (1945) until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989. During this time there was a sustained state of political and military tension between the two different world powers‚ NATO (Mainly led by the United States and its Western allies)‚ and the Eastern European Block (led by Soviet Union‚ its mainly communist and socialist allies). It is defined as “a state of tension between states‚ which behave with great distrust and
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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. The United States‚ a democratic government‚ is run by its people and is a direct contrast to the communist government run by the Soviet Union. Communism‚ unlike democracy‚ is
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