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    suggests that the rivalry between the superpowers were responsible for worsening and prolonging the regional conflicts. The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and USSR and US in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these superpowers in political‚ ideological‚ security‚ and economic values and ideas. It caused a bipolar system in the world where there were two dominant

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    The American perception of war‚ prior to the Pearl Harbor attack and inevitably entering World War II‚ was distant. Many Americans‚ both politicians and consumers‚ believed that entering World War I had been a tragic mistake‚ which added upon the economic turmoil from the Great Depression. Additionally‚ many Americans favored the rising German power in Europe as they served as a balance with the communist influence from the Soviet Union. Businessmen didn’t want to ruin their “profitable overseas

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    Cold War Revision A war short of full scale war because of the development of the Atomic bomb. CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR [BARE] 1. Beliefs: Russia was a Communist country‚ ruled by a dictator who cared little about human rights. America was a capitalist democracy‚ which valued freedom. 2. Aims: Stalin wanted reparations from Germany/ a buffer of friendly states. Britain and the USA [led by President Truman] wanted to help Germany recover/ to prevent large areas of Europe from coming under

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    The United States has had a vastly changing national space policy during the cold war. The early cold war presidents such as Eisenhower‚ Kennedy‚ Johnson and Nixon had a very active and well-funded space policy compared to later cold war presidents. What caused each president to have a different policy and what shaped their views on space policy during the height of the cold war? What were the goals and outcomes of their policies? In the summer of 1958‚ through the singing of the National Aeronautics

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    Erin Faulkner The Cold War Arms Race Questions: 1. The impact of technology on the arms race Nuclear weapons were a massive impact of technology that started the Arms Race‚ and that all began on August 29‚ 1949. The arms race was the development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles that could have a major impact on wherever it was deployed upon. The arms race was between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ it was the period of massive build up of nuclear weapon stockpiles

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    of previous events. In our history between Russia we have had our struggles for peaceful relations. The cold war was a big factor that lead to the ultimate fall of the Soviet Union and the United States played a role in that part of history and because of that you cannot blame Americans for having a negative view because at one point we were at war with the Soviet Union now Russia. The cold war can be seen as a big reason as to why

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    Axis powers. After the war‚ the victory belonged to the Allies. The USA and USSR become the two new superpowers as they had the most robust economies‚ militaries‚ international political power. However‚ the alliance between the two begins to crumbling down in 1945 as they had a big difference between their ideologies‚ decision‚ and attitude towards the ideas of how Europe should be reconstructed. The relationship between USA and USSR was hugely intense since before the World war II had occurred. USSR

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    Nagasaki and Hiroshima Stalin was angry that Truman had not told him at Potsdam about the atom bomb (Trust issue) 1949 USSR developed atomic bomb  meant nuclear war‚ could be nuclear destruction‚ series of tense confrontations. Makes people careful and think twice before waging war. Nuclear bomb stopped cold war from getting to a “hot war” The USSR and Eastern Europe – The Iron Curtain End of WW2 the Soviets liberated countries from Nazis Countries were replaced with Soviet communism occupation

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    “The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy” Tymia L. Wilson Professor Miriam Altman POL300 April 25‚ 2012 President Nixon became president in 1968 and in his inaugural address on 20th January‚ 1969 he pledged to bring the nation together again. Like Johnson‚ the information from his advisers helped form his decisions; his most important adviser being Henry Kissinger (Meiertöns‚ 2010‚ p. 143). Kissinger was very knowledgeable when it

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    The Cold War: 1960’s The Cold War‚ was it really cold? No‚ “The term "cold war" first appeared in a 1945 essay by the English writer George Orwell called "You and the Atomic Bomb (War‚ 2017)." It seems that The Cold War started because of communism‚ and started off with the involvement of Vietnam. “Vietnam can really we consider part of the domino theory. In an interview with the press in September 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy expressed his belief in the domino theory‚ stating that "We should

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