The end of WWII brought profound happiness to the hearts of the people whose lives were affected by the war. Hitler had committed suicide‚ and the cruel horrors of the Holocaust were finally over. Though Europe was tired of fighting‚ a new conflict soon spread farther from Europe‚ to affect the whole world. The Soviet Union and the United States went head to head‚ in a silent struggle over political difference‚ mainly the spread of communism. From 1945 till the collapse of the U.S.S.R.‚ the United
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after World War II‚ there was an end to the alliance between the United States‚ Britain‚ and the USSR. If all of this hadn’t been a problem‚ a rivalry between communist and capitalist societies had led to what is known today as The Cold War. It has been known to this day that The Cold War not only had many causes but also had many effects. From the Arms Race to The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ it all had a great impact on society‚ economy‚ and politics. The Cold War was called “The Cold War”‚ because it
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Cold War Ideology and Policies Billie Jo Wallace Axia College of University of Phoenix Professor Shaun Sullivan January 13‚ 2007 Cold War Ideology and Policies The Cold War is a term used to describe a mostly nonviolent conflict primarily between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US) beginning in 1945. The USSR’s military might and the US’s nuclear capabilities defined the Cold War. Neither country was willing to start an all out war. The USSR and the US
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The Cold War: 1960’s The Cold War‚ was it really cold? No‚ “The term "cold war" first appeared in a 1945 essay by the English writer George Orwell called "You and the Atomic Bomb (War‚ 2017)." It seems that The Cold War started because of communism‚ and started off with the involvement of Vietnam. “Vietnam can really we consider part of the domino theory. In an interview with the press in September 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy expressed his belief in the domino theory‚ stating that "We should
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“Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind.” John F. Kennedy September 25‚ 1961 The Cold War‚ which took place between 1945 and 1989‚ has been the event in which the two superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union directly threatened each other with nuclear weapons‚ almost bringing “an end to mankind”. All those that offered explanations during and after the Cold War have been classified into two groups: the traditionalists and
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The Cold War made life extremely stressful for the individuals in the US. The citizens were perpetually scared of an attack from the Soviet Union‚ and the influx of threats and media attention didn’t make the stress any lower. The actions that the Soviet took to turn the US against them as well as the actions the government took to help the Americans all lead to the increase in anxiety among the country‚ making the cold war one of the most stressful time periods in the world. The Soviet Union were
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The Cold War‚ which took place from 1949 to 1991 was a very tense time between Soviet Russia and the United States of America (Trueman‚ What was the Cold War). Both countries were constantly at odds and willing to attack each other with nuclear weapons due to their differences in political‚ economic and social beliefs.While Soviet Russia believed that communism was the best social‚ political and economic ideology for the world to follow the United States believed capitalism was the best ideology
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The Cold War happened between the years of 1945 and 1991‚ it was a time of military‚ political‚ and economic tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Just after the second World War had ended‚ complications came up around the area of international power‚ who would gain more power and who would lose power. The main thing the Soviet Union attempted to do during this shifting of power was they tried to gain more territory in order to solidify their spot as a world wide power‚ while the
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point in history contained evidence of the roller-coaster of a relationship between two great nations‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The Cold War differed immensely from other wars. The Cold War was not a conventional war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ but more a war of threats. A well-known term during this time was “Arms Race.” This term was the race between the two nations in the development of nuclear weapons. The fear of one of these nations destroying the
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The Cold War happened during the world War 2‚ the UNited States and the Soviet union fought as allies against the Axis powers. The Cold War supposedly never heated up into actual armed conflict. So it was never really a war. There were wars involved like Korea and Afghanistan or United States and the USSR. That relationship was real tense. This war for geopolitical reasons. The cold war is !ore like a time period from 1945 to 1990. After WW2‚ the United States and USSR were the only two nation
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