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    century influenced by the Cold War. One way that propaganda could get around was through comics‚ something that was widely used throughout the western countries. Conveying anti-Communist messages from characters or the over arching plot of the story. Many famous comic book companies took this towards their advantage throughout the tension of the war. Colliding art and literature influenced by the war into one for a way of media and reflecting the conflicts going on. The Cold War influenced many comics

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    Gaddis Cold War Summary

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    re-examines the Cold War with new information from all around the globe‚ creating a “new” cold war history. Gaddis pinpoints the start of the Cold War as 1947 and notes “the regime‚ personality‚ and ideological explanations for the Cold War point to an underlying defensive motivation: the need to expand and assert control to save Stalin and the Soviet Union.” (Lebow‚ p.628) Gaddis also sustains that Stalin’s personality and paranoia influenced events. It seems the “new” cold war history is actually

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    The Cold War was an almost 50-year long stretch of tense relations between the United States and the Communist-ruled Soviet Union. The Cold War started very quickly after World War II and finished with the 1991 destroying of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The dread of Communism invasion in the U.S. government‚ media outlet and different associations influenced American legislative issues‚ culture‚ and even day by day life‚ especially in the early

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    The cold war was waged on political‚ economic‚ and propaganda fronts. It was only limited recourse to weapons. A huge split had happened between the Soviet Union and china in the 1960s and spread over the years‚ destroying the unity of the communist. An internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet Union is American fear of communist attack. Because America was so afraid of the Domino effect (communism spreading)‚ the stood up to communist regimes. Another internal cause of the collapse of the Soviet

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    Truman and the Cold War I. Postwar Domestic Adjustments A. Initial faltering economy – inflation rises‚ GDP down‚ strikes 1. Taft-Hartley Act – put limits on labor unions a. Outlawed closed shop‚ labor leaders take non-Communist oath 2. Sold war factories cheaply to private companies 3. G.I. Bill – paid for school for soldiers; home‚ farm‚ and small business loans B. GDP growth lasts next two decades – Americans – 6% of population controlled 40% of earth’s $ 1. Middle class

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    Lessons from a Cold War

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    of a cold war. Our enemies are to be found abroad and at home. Let us never forget this: Our unrest is the heart of their success. The peace of the world is the hope and the goal of our political system; it is the despair and defeat of those who stand against us.”-Bernard Baruch. The term “Cold War” perfectly describes the 47 year conflict between the United States and The Soviet Union. Popularly known for espionage combat‚ political tensions‚ hot nukes‚ and propaganda abuse; The Cold War happened

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    Orthodox interpretation of the origins of the Cold War notes that expansionary tendencies of the Soviet Union as a primary influence of the outbreak of the Cold War. According to the Orthodox interpretation‚ the quintessential wisdom among American politicians and diplomats at the time was that Soviet Union after the end of the World War II‚ sought to expand its area of hegemonic control. Scholars like George F. Kennen‚ William H. McNeill‚ Herbert Feis and Arthur M. Schlesinger shared similar point

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    America: the Accidental Superpower The Modern era is almost exclusively controlled by the United States. The international economy revolves around America’s economy. The majority of the world’s job incentive comes from America. Ultimately‚ the decisions of America determine the actions of the rest of the world‚ in addition to the benefits or consequences of these decisions. But not until recent did this become reality. In fact‚ only 234 years ago‚ America did not exist; and not until around 100

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    about cold war for the next two decades. U.S. foreign policy concerns‚ most notably the Soviet explosion of an atomic device in September 1949 and China’s fall to communism the following October‚ President Truman requested a complete review and re-evaluation of America’s Cold War diplomacy strategy Believe me‚ President Truman took four months to compile and was approved in April 1950. After approved document United States changed the World and built massive power. Because of World War two had devastated

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    The Cold War era in the United States was a time of fear and anxiety. Tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States had risen to such a level that every interaction between the two nations presented a potential for danger. The film‚ Dr. Strangelove‚ directed by Stanley Kubrick in the early 1960s‚ portrays a scenario that is frighteningly plausible to the American people by playing off of their sense of foreboding and apprehension in order to make a point about powerlessness of the average

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