Drew Valerio Prof. McNally History 268 September 6‚ 2012 Introduction The Cold war dated from 1947-1991. It was characterized by both political and military superiority between United States‚ which was backed by its NATO allies‚ and Soviet Union that led the communist side. The cold war was mainly started after the success of the alliance that was formed against Nazi Germany. This competition supremacy on nuclear warfare attracted other countries that also started making nuclear weapons due to
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Global Affairs 1880-1929 United States of America set its ride to become a competitive- further a dominant‚ power since the Monroe Doctrine of 1823. To its advantage‚ America was far away from the European dominance over the world and on its own accord‚ geared towards industrialization‚ which was its root stand to become a Great Power. The U.S evolved from a continentally isolated country to a Great Power‚ a nation stronger than the others in Europe in such a small period of time from the end of the
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The Cold War was a constant looming threat of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States and the Soviet Union held a significant amount of power‚ enabling each to reach superpower status. Although‚ the two became rivals through a mutual distrust and constant competition against one another for more power. Uniquely‚ following World War II‚ Germany was left defeated and Britain and France were weak and exhausted. After Germany surrendered‚ the country was split into
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The Cold War is considered a significant event in modern world history. Although‚ there were no actual bloodshed in this war‚ The Cold War is often described as a monumental moment in history. The Cold war was also frequently referred to as an arms race. As described on the website History.com‚ it is specifically “The name given to the tension that developed primarily between the United States and USSR after World War II”. The Cold War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism‚ and included
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The Arm’s race in the Cold War‚ had negative results on the opposing superpowers. Due to the cold war being a continuous state of political and military tension between the United States with NATO and other allies; against powers like the Soviet Union with the Warsaw Pact and other allies.These effects created a deteriorating relationship between the USA and the USSR‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis and contributed to the financial downfall of the Soviet Union in it’s final
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Opposing ideologies and intentions is what ultimately led to the Cold War‚ which was fought between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ between 1947 and 1991. After a hard fought victory for both sides in the Second World War‚ it was certainly undeniable that despite their alliance‚ there was a sense of rivalry and competition. The two parties would challenge one another in a series of proxy wars‚ attempting to influence certain regions‚ one of which would
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Spies in the Cold War Spies had a great role in the cold war‚ a lot of spies were in different areas to find out what other countries were doing or planning to do to then bring back the information to the country they were working for. There were many types of espionage in the cold war for different countries in order to find information that can lead to a victory in the war. I will need to research the different types of espionage there was and what they were looking for‚ I will also need to
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The Cold War The Cold War was the period after the World War II of political conflict and military tension between the USSR and the United States of America. It lasted from 1945 to 1991‚ with the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). As the name indicates‚ it was a “cold” war; this means that no actual bullets (or any other kind of weapon) were fired between these two factions‚ although many conflicts during the war were propitiated and supported by them. Some of the biggest
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Before World War II‚ the United States was experiencing a Great Depression. The economy was down and there was a high rate of unemployment. World War II helped America get out of that depression‚ it helped the economy go back up. The Cold War was the one to encourage industrial production. Because of it more military weapons were manufactured. Weapons like tanks‚ aircrafts‚ and missiles. All of the war productions helped the economy because of the high demand on military supplies. There were less
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SS310-02 Unit 2 Assignment: Cold War July 19‚ 2011 The Cold War was a state of political‚ military‚ and economic tensions and hostilities between the Communist World‚ primarily the Soviet Union‚ and the Capitalist Western World‚ the United States and its allies. The Cold War lasted over 40 years because the beginning and ending of it leaves room for some debate. Some sources say it started in the mid to late 40’ after the Second World War while other historians date it back to 1917 with The
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