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    The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was one of the defining conflicts of the twentieth century. Tensions between America and Soviet Union grew out after World War. The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union went on for much of the second half of the 20th century. Rivalry led to raised tension‚ mutual suspicions thoughts concerning each other and last an array of worldwide incidents that brought the world’s superpowers close to a disaster.

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    Korean War was more significant in the spread of the Cold War outside Europe than the Cuban Missile Crisis.” How far do you agree? The years 1950 to 1953 were a period of striving for Korea‚ where the North and South regions were being disputed over by China and USA. The South was supported by USA and the United Nations‚ while the North was backed by China and USSR who were part of the communist fraternity. On the other hand‚ the outbreak of Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 was the closest the Cold War

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    In 1945‚ the two superpowers--the United States and the USSR--became enemies because their beliefs and objectives were completely at odds‚ this was known as the Cold War. An aspect of the Cold War was the race for nuclear superiority. As tension grew between the USSR and America‚ Americans were engulfed in great anxiety and fear towards the atomic bomb. During the atomic era and since then‚ the atomic bomb had predominantly been portrayed as the cause of great fear and anxiety. As fears intensed

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    Explain how the Reagan Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative heightened Cold War tensions. Soviet intelligence services went on watchful in 1981 to observe for US preparations for initiating a shocking nuclear hit against the USSR and it allies. This warning was escorted by a new Soviet intelligence collection program‚ known by the acronym RYAN‚ to observe signals and provide early warning of US target. Two years later a major war scare exploded in the USSR and this study traces the beginning

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    Event that led to the Cold War There were many events that took place after World War 2 that set in motion the Cold War and continued creating tension. Many of these events involved many countries and/ or their support either financially or with military personal. The main focus of the Yalta conference was to plan the post war world. In other words‚ Roosevelt‚ Churchill‚ and Stalin met and planned what they would like to happen after the war was over. Germany invaded Poland‚ their government

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    During World War II‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. After the war the two countries emerged as the two most powerful countries in the world. Although the world war ended‚ it was not a clean ending. Iron-willed Stalin wanted a postwar settlement that would guarantee the Soviet Union’s security and future. He wanted parts of Poland and Finland and the Baltic states. With Eastern Europe‚ the Soviet Union would have a buffer against future aggression from the West‚ colonies for rebuilding

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    Rising Tensions After the end of WWII‚ times were changing‚ for the worst. This was caused by a new‚ worldly‚ problem affecting our country‚ the threat of the Reds. It all started when America and Great Britain were forced to ally with Stalin. America and Great Britain never really trusted him; Stalin feared Capitalism and expected the whole world to be like Russia‚ Communist. These trust issues are what led to many incidents and disagreements. These issues are what led to the Cold War. During

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    The Cold War: The Cold War was a long stretched period of nuclear and political tension mostly between the Soviet Union and the US after WWII. While several events made tensions worse‚ including Truman’s Containment Policy‚ The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ and the Berlin Wall. The Cold War was ended in 1990 when the Berlin Wall came down and Eastern Europe the started holding free elections. Bay of Pigs: Speaking of the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ lets move to Cuba. The Bay of Pigs was a failed CIA operation

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    People saw the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as one of the final crucial events in the cold war.1 It was Dec of 1979‚ when the Soviets 40th army invaded Afghanistan. At the time‚ America was charming countries like Pakistan‚ Israel‚ and others‚ therefore Russia sought to spread their reign of Communism throughout Afghanistan. It all started when the PDPA (Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan) which was a communist party that had close ties with Soviet Russia‚ was close to being vanquished so

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    Cold War Essay What do you think the Cold War is/was? Was it a war between communism and democracy? Well the Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism while the United States wanted to spread democracy. The Cold War was called Cold because there was not direct fighting between the two countries the Soviet Union and the United States. The two countries only fought proxy wars against each other‚ the definition for a proxy war

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