THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR (1945-50) Definition: Martyn Walker calls it the “civil war of the human race” about the balance of global power‚ with an ideological element. It was the indirect conflict between the USA and USSR that went on from 1945-1991. And it was expressed in everything from an arms and space race to chess tournaments - and even ice hockey matches. The Long-Term Reasons Many regard the Cold War as having roots going back decades before the end of WWII in 1945. Both sides
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The Beginning of Cold War The Cold War i) Lasted 45 years‚ from 1946-91 ii) A war without actual fighting between the United States and the Soviet Union The Rise of the Superpowers: USA and USSR After WWII‚ Europe was in ruins. USA and USSR emerged as the strongest powers. During WWII‚ USA and USSR had been allies and fought on the same side. However‚ after the war‚ there was growing distrust between them. A. Britain and France i) Weakened by the Second World War ii) Lost their colonies in
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The origins of the Cold War lie in the differences between the systems of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It is an interplay between ideology and pragmatic power politics‚ and the creation of tension and mistrust which had been evident since the Russian Revolution. During World War II differences were put aside‚ but the problems reappeared‚ and it was a changing post-war world. There are three major common explanations for the origins of the Cold War: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist
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Essay Question: “The USA should be blamed for the Cold War.” Do you agree with this statement? The Cold War is believed to have lasted from the end of World War II to the dismantling of the Soviet Union in 1991 and remains one of the most significant political events of the 20th century. In reality‚ this War was a tense political period‚ marked by open hostility‚ lack of understanding‚ and deliberate provoking between the Democratic and Communist blocs‚ the East and the West‚ and most
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Topic: The Cold War Research Question: The fall of the mutually friendly American Soviet relations was most significantly caused by the Soviet Union expanding it borders‚ violating its allied agreements‚ and imposing communist governments on its neighboring nations. Command Term: Analyze and Explain Dates: 1945-1990 Locales: Eastern/Western Europe Events: The end of world war two and the conferences during and following including Yalta‚Potsdam and Tehran. Also informations and influence of
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the view that during the Second World War the relationship between the ussr and the west was characterised more by co-operation than by disagreement. The four interpretations are in agreement that during the second World War the relationship between the USSR and the West was characterised more by cooperation than disagreement. There was major conflict over various issues regarding Communisms security in Eastern Europe‚ specifically expansionism in Eastern Europe which caused the relations between allies
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After the Second World War‚ the USA and USSR became two Super Powers. One nation tried to reduce the power of other. Indirectly the competition between the Super Powers led to the Cold War. Then America took the leadership of all the Capitalist Countries. Soviet Russia took the leadership of all the Communist Countries. As a result of which both stood as rivals to each other. Definition of the Cold War: In the graphic language of Hartman‚ “Cold War is a state of tension between countries in which
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Davies‚ Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory (New York: History book‚ 2006). Norman Davies’s Europe at War 1939–1945: No Simple Victory argues how Stalin is just as evil as Hitler before and during World War 2. He tells how both man are the most two evils during the time. People of WW2 and present time should focus on Stalin more‚ and not just over look him. Stalin didn’t just control a part of Europe‚ but he also help shaped it like Hitler did. Furthermore‚ Davies focus on the Eastern side of
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I believe that there were three main events that caused the escalation of the Cold War. This essay is going to assess how these three events contributed to the escalation of the Cold War and how important they were to its continuation. In my opinion the first strains in the relation between the two sides started at Potsdam more then at Yalta. When we look at Yalta we only see agreements such as "Hold free elections in Soviet occupied territory"; "Set up UN" etc. but it’s in Potsdam that the first
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Was the cold war a clash of ideologies or a clash of superpowers? With the Nazis attack on 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
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