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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The Cold War was characterised by the tension between the two contending superpowers the United States and the Soviet Union. Yet the position of Communist China under Mao Zedong in the Cold War‚ in many respects‚ was not minor but of great importance especially with regards to its relationship with the Soviet Union. China’s importance in the Cold War was primarily determined by its enormous size. With the largest population and occupying the third largest territory in the world‚ China was a factor
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development of the Cold War In July 1953‚ an armistice was signed at Panmunjom to signal a ceasefire between the Sino-Soviet backed North and the US-UN backed South Korea. Although the Korean War was not the beginning of Cold Wa‚ the events from Korea are important in assessing the development of the Cold War. Whilst it is sometimes seen as a watershed in the development of the Cold War‚ a more compelling analysis is that it was a catalyst which accelerated the tensions between world superpowers in the wake
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History Unit 5 Test Review Cold War: refers to the period after the Second World War between 1945 and 1990‚ when increasing political and diplomatic tension between the West/United States and the East/Soviet Union created a constant threat of war. There were 2 speeches given in 1946 that alerted the world to the growing tension between the soviet and western world. 1. Stalin’s “Two Hostile Camps”: In February 1946 Stalin gave a speech to voters in Munich in the speech he predicted that the
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The Cold War and the United States Diplomacy Name: Institution: The Cold War and the United States Diplomacy The Cold War was the state of military and political tension between Western countries‚ especially the United States‚ its NATO allies‚ and the communist nations‚ particularly the Soviet Union and other satellite states. The war began after World War II had got to an end. The Cold War was named so since it did not feature any
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Chambers/R. Hansen 29 September 2014 Cold War—1947-1989 CE Cold war: why did it happen‚ when did it end‚ and what was the international system like after it? what was it? Baltic States under strict Soviet control after the Second World War. The term Cold War was first used in the 14th century to describe a conflict between Muslims and Christians in Spain; it was later coined by the famous American journalist Walter Lippman in the 1940s. The Cold War was a period of entrenched‚ ideological opposition
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Influence of the Cold War The decades following World War II were all centered on the concept of decolonization‚ the dismantlement of Imperial empires established prior to World War I throughout Africa and Asia. Due to the aftermath of World War II‚ countries around the world experienced massive independent movements whose objective was to eliminate colonization and form new independent nations. The process of decolonization was separated by three different approaches: civil war‚ negotiated independence
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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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INCREDIBLE INDIA! SUPERPOWER? Alternate heading-(Is India really a superpower?) It has been more than 60 years since India got its independence and a lot has changed. Radios have been replaced by LCDs‚ tongas have been replaced by autos and busses and matkas have been replaced by refrigerators. Indian Companies have made it to the word stage. Companies like TATA own few of the most premium brands of the world such as Jaguar on one hand while the world’s cheapest car ‘Nano’ on the other. Indians
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The Cold War was a period of diplomatic tension between the United States and the Soviet Union(USSR)‚ that lasted from the end of WWII(1945) until the separation of the USSR in 1991.The main reasons for the conflict between the two sovereigns are the differences in government types‚ competition for global influence‚ and the development of nuclear weapons. The USSR and the US represented two different types of ideologies: Capitalism and Communism. This divide of principles led to deep suspicion between
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