the world‚ produced when the United States and the Soviet Union clashed‚ causing the famous war called The Cold War. But who was the responsible of causing this destructive war? We will talk and conclude who is to blame for the cold war by the following topics: dropping the bomb in Hiroshima‚ stopping the communism and the Truman doctrine. I believe that the responsible for causing this destructive and big war was USA. “Those closest to the explosion died instantly‚ their bodies turned to black char
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direct war with each other (source 11). This meant that the USSR was only able to support North Vietnam through supplying China with arms who in turn would arm the North Vietnamese (source 11). Nevertheless‚ the Vietnam war was still composed of the “classic Cold War” scenario (source 11)‚ as there was support from the Capitalist west as well as support from the communist East in conflict against each other. In addition‚ the opposing ideologies of the Cold War further influenced the Vietnam war. The
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Cold War Notes (Chapt. 26/27) Pages 803-812 (Truman) Anti-communism and Containment‚ 1946-1952 late ‘46 tensions rose between U.S and USSR ‘shotgun wedding’ dissolved after defeat of Germany and Japan misunderstandings of gov’s→ powers sought greater security→ feeding fears→ Cold War Polarization and Cold War U.S and USSR fought over destiny of Eastern Europe Stalin→ Soviet Sphere of Influence Saw as crucial to Russian Society wanted to end USSR’s vulnerability to invasions from the
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so it destabilized the sovereign nation. To many‚ this was the bad side of the cold war because rivalry among powerful nations caused regional wars that created ideological differences that have not be resolved to date. Even though it seemed necessary‚ America’s involvement also seemed unnecessary because there probably could have been better ways to intervene. On the other hand‚ there is an opinion that the cold war created some fundamental changes that defined the American societal evolution. Cultural
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one week 150‚000 Soviet soldiers were either killed or wounded. This invasion broke the German-Soviet nonaggression pact that Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin created. Hitler’s betrayal caused Stalin to join the allied forces‚ which also caused post war conflict between other countries. “Thanks to the Nazi-Soviet Pact‚ Hitler had achieved a degree of domination over Europe unknown since the time of Napoleon. Like the French Emperor‚ Hitler turned against Russia to consolidate his grip on the Continent
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The Cold War? The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can
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The technical‚ sociological and political concepts that arose during the Cold War made a notable difference to the landscape of the next 60 years. Under the atmosphere of impending doom‚ many novel concepts were conceived that dramatically altered the psyches of generations to come. Mutually Assured Destruction‚ nuclear winter and the concept of psychological resistance are all good examples of how the Cold War altered the social fabric for years to come. The first‚ and best remembered‚ of
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The event of Cold War was shocking and controversial event which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to examine the many reasons why it started and how. While the why of what happened is still being argued‚ the what is fairly clear. The beginning of the Cold War was a basis of deep ideological differences as well as a series of misunderstandings or actions taken during WWII. The two immense powers USA and the USSR were showing some extreme behavior against each other. The conflict of
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The Space Race and the Cold War “That’s One Small Step for Man‚ One Giant Leap for Mankind”. These words were heard worldwide when astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. When the Apollo 11 mission launched on July 16‚ 1969‚ carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong‚ Michael Collins‚ and Buzz Aldrin‚ the world was immersed in the middle of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union which had in essence split the globe into two radically different ideologies that
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Soviet Union responsible for the origins of the Cold War? (15 marks) The Cold War was the periods of hostility and high tension between USA and USSR that stopped just short of war‚ in the time period 1945 to 1991‚ and sometimes dated back to 1917. It was essentially an ideological conflict between the communist USSR and the capitalist USA‚ which was marked with arms race‚ economic rivalry‚ development of huge espionage networks‚ propaganda and proxy wars‚ formation of the alliance system and spheres
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