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    Cold War Interview

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    May 30‚ 2012 Block 5 Mrs. Hughes Cold War The cold war affected many countries and people. It lasted about 46 years and it had the most casualties. It worried and hurt millions of people world wide. There was so much that happened during the cold war. Throughout the war it seemed that people all around the world were scared for their lives and their families. People that grew up during the cold war grew up around nuclear bomb threats‚ watching or listening to the news about people talking about

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    vote on 2006. Ecuador is a country with 38.3% of the population below the poverty line (2006). The era of political violence in Ecuador has been around ever since it was a territory controlled by the Spaniards. Ecuador‚ as many developing countries‚ has strongly marked boundaries among its socio-economical classes; therefore a small and corrupted elite has always controlled it. The political power has been always bouncing from the right to left wings. Governmental candidates usually won by promising

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    Jfk and the Cold War

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    The Cold War (1945-1991) was basically an ideological standoff between the ideas of Communism supported by the Russians and Democracy/Capitalism supported by the Americans. Communism is a political ideology which has the central principle of ¡§communal or communist ownership¡¨ of all property and therefore the abolition of private property. Democracy is a form of government in which the people vote‚ have a representative government and via these representatives ¡§govern themselves¡¨. During the period

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    Inevitability of the Cold War In the aftermath of the Second World War the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as leading superpowers‚ and while peoples of the world were ready for peace‚ the Americans increasingly saw its relation with the its former wartime ally become tenser. As a result‚ nothing dominated American foreign policy more in the post war years than the question of European reconstruction in order to counter any soviet ambitions. Before the Korean War in 1949 the Cold War avoided entering

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    cold war project

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    Cold War A nonviolent war between communist and noncommunist. Containment A US policy to eliminate all communism. Iron Curtain An imaginary barrier between communist and noncommunist. Marshall Plan The US would aid Europe during the cold war‚ so they would be on the US’s side. Truman Doctrine Stated the US would aid any nation that was fighting communism. Berlin (1948-49) The US sends Berlin supplies using aircraft. NATO Established to keep peace in the Northern Atlantic. Warsaw Pact

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    The Cold War Canada

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    The 1970’s Canada in the Cold War Canada was a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which was the name of the alliance they had formed. The main goal for the NATO was to prevent the spread of communism. Although Canada wasn’t dominant or recognized as having the influence the world‚ the country still had a moderate influence and recognition internationally. The Vietnam War The U.S. had interest in defending South Vietnam against a communist movement supported by North Vietnam

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    Tactics of The Cold War

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    Tactics of the Cold War: United States vs. Soviet Union The Cold War can be defined as two superpowers: the United States of America and the Soviet Union‚ in a conflict involving ideology‚ paranoia‚ communication blunders‚ and constant speculation of who was the on the offensive or defensive.1 This conflict created one of the most famous rivalries in history‚ one which was conducted by several means on both sides. From the start of the Cold War post World War II‚ when the opposing ideologies of

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    Spies of the Cold War

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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 was not a typical war. Although it was a war‚ it didn’t include fighting. This war lasted for a tremendous period of forty-two years. It was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. This war consists of many lows and highs throughout the length of forty-two years. It took place immediately after World War II when Europe had fallen into pieces. Both the United States and the Soviet Union were allies before the Cold War. Their fallout started when they attempted to help

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    Cold War Essay

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    that was used during the cold war was mostly nuclear weapons. While the Soviet Union had been taking over other nation‚ the United States have been recruiting nation to defeat the Soviet Union. Even though they had more nations the Soviet Union had not taking over the world. In this world it take many years just to settle who would be the top nation. At the end of the cold war Soviet Union fell but the United States just did not win by the original goals of the Korean War‚ Cuban missile crisis‚ and

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