The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction ‘McMahon has produced a commanding short narrative of a vital period in recent world history. Clear‚ concise‚ and compelling‚ The Cold War is a superb primer on the subject.’ Fredrik Logevall‚ University of California‚ Santa Barbara Very Short Introductions are for anyone wanting a stimulating and accessible way in to a new subject. They are written by experts‚ and have been published in more than 25 languages worldwide. The series began in 1995
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The Cold War became a dominant influence on many aspects of American society for much of the second half of the 20th century. It escalated due to antagonist values between the United States‚ representing capitalism and democracy‚ and the Soviet Union‚ representing communism and authoritarianism. Being the two dominant world powers after WWII‚ contention between the Americans and Soviets became a global conflict. The Cold War differed from most wars in that it was as much of a propaganda war as a
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security. Collective security is supposed to prevent future conflicts that will happen. Collective security is used so if a nation attacks another nations everyone should help the nation being attacked to prevent a war. The Cold War has many examples of foreign policy within it. After World War II America thought that the best defense against the soviet union was containment. The containment strategy lead to a massive buildup of weapons between the superpowers and is known as the arms race. American
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fallowing the Second World War is known as the Cold War. This period was full of tension and fear that the United States and the USSR would destroy each other and the world with their arsenals of atomic weapons. The seeds of this rivalry were planted nearly a quarter of a century before its actual commencement with the Revolution of 1918 in Russia. The Cold War Rivalry would manifest itself in everything from sports in Olympic competition to science and the Space Race. The Cold War did not only take place
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was driven from economic theories of Karl Marx (Gans et al.‚ 2012)‚ and Capitalism‚ which mostly comes from theories of Adam smith (Gans et al.‚ 2012). This disagreement led to biggest and most effective phenomenon of 20th century called Cold War. During this war a silent and humble but courageous and effective movement started and developed in Basque‚ Spain. The idea was simple; workers‚ owners and managers are same people. Their idea was brilliant and sustainability and development of the cooperatives
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CFSP with the Maastricht Treaty. But‚ to understand the CFSP better‚ its historical background should be evaluated. The idea of a credible and effective CFSP has been a constant theme of European integration since the early 1950’s. The failure of the EDC Project in 1950’s was followed by “Fouchet Plan”in 1960’s. After two desperate initiatives‚ last but successful initiative was the establishment of European Political Cooperation (EPC) in 1970’s and 1980’s which enabled the construction of the
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The ideological and military coalition that began shortly after the end of World War II consisted of Western power against Eastern power. Due to different political opinions‚ the US and the USSR created a tension that would lead to doctrines‚ regulation‚ blockades‚ secrecy and more amongst themselves. Following the termination of the Cold War‚ historians‚ politicians and the public contradict one another regarding who had the most responsibility for the causation for such period of time. Some would
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mistakes that the US must learn from to prevent themselves from being deceived by enemies‚ both foreign and domestic. For example‚ during the Cold War‚ the United States wanted to “contain” communism to the regimes that had initially declared it as their standard of government‚ which is why the United States pleaded to the United Nations to intervene in the Korean War. Initially the United States was only to intervene under the containment doctrine which provided a limit as to how far the United States
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term Cold War? "The term Cold War can be defined as the period of political impasse which existed between our country (U.S.A.) and U.S.S.R. from the early 1950’s until the fall of Communism in the early 1980’s. Words and phrases associated with Cold War include‚ "race to arms"‚ "race to space"‚ "Bay of Pigs‚ and "The Berlin Wall"." Did you ever study the Cold War in school? If so‚ what are some aspects of the Cold War that you remember? "Having been born in 1952‚ I lived during the Cold War
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The Berlin Crisis of East Germany was a defining period of the Cold War‚ during which both superpowers fought for control over the most highly contested nation in Europe. It can be seen that the major factor in this crisis was the division of Germany into two sectors; East and West Germany and the subsequent attempts by the two superpowers to control both. Following the rapid spread of the Soviet grip over Europe‚ it was in the interests of the USSR to gain control of Germany in its entirety; that
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