The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It was a clash of these supergiants in political‚ ideological‚ military‚ and economic values and ideas. The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. Both the United States and the Soviet
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After WWII The Soviet Union and the United States had many different political ideologies particularly communism and capitalism. Capitalism is a belief that private property should be replaced by community ownership. Communism is opposed private ownership economies of the United States and its allies. Based on Document A‚ a document was first telegraphed to American officials in Washington on February 22‚ 1946 and it happened after WWII. In Document A the United States made the idea of containment
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Cold War is indirect conflict between the two super powers that is the United States and the Soviet Union. When World War II ended in 1945‚ Soviet troops occupied countries like Czechoslovakia‚ Poland‚ Romania‚ and others. America‚ British‚ and French occupied the western half‚ while the Soviet occupied the eastern half of Germany. The Soviet Union wanted Europe to be rebuilt along Marxist lines and being a communist country‚ while the U.S. wanted Europe to be rebuilt along Democratic Capitalist
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strengthen its control within Russia alongside promoting the spread of socialism and world revolution by the peasantry. Yet‚ with Lenin’s death and Stalin’s rise to power‚ there seemed to be a shift by which the party and country was operated. Indeed‚ by 1930 the Soviet Union was seen very differently both internally and outside of its borders. Some may see this as a ‘second revolution’ and in a sense‚ it is somewhat justified due to
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The United State and The Soviet Union‚ one represents capitalism‚ the other one represents socialism both benefited from the result of World War II and became two of the most powerful country in the world. Because of the relationship between capitalism and socialism was a teeter-totter‚ one rises‚ the other one must falls‚ The United State was already has more wealth‚ power and influence than the Soviet Union‚ and in order to maintain its status quo‚ the United States must fought the Cold war to
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Following World War II there were conspicuous tensions between the Soviet Union and the United states known as the Cold War. These tensions resulted in suspicions and international incidents that could have destroyed these two superpowers. The tensions stemmed from conflicting ideologies between the two nations. In 1917 during the Russian Revolution communism took over and became Russia’s official form government. In fear that the United States and Britain would face a similar fate they put all
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Cold war was a state of political and military tension after world WW2 between powers in western bloc and eastern bloc. The westerns bloc’s military is so much weaker than the new rising eastern bloc country because of the serious wound from ww2. It seems the western bloc country got no chance to win. But the cold war ends with the instantaneous collapse of Soviet Union. I think there is three reasons that caused Soviet Union lost this war. Frist of all it’s the awful foreign policy of Soviet Union
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point at which the Cold War began. Many begin their analysis of the Cold War in 1945‚ when the Allied forces overcame Germany. This is a widely accepted catalyst for the start of the Cold War‚ and indeed‚ a very important moment for the Allies. It was not‚ however‚ where the tensions between the Soviets and the United States began. This essay will discuss how fundamental ideological differences between the two superpowers existed long before the conclusion of the Second World War. It will begin in
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Was the United States Responsible For the Development of the Cold War? The events that led up to the Cold War shows that the Soviet Union‚ not the United States‚ was responsible for the development of the Cold War. There were many ideological differences between the two superpowers. The Soviet Union wanted a weak Germany and a communist government. The United States and there allies wanted a democratic government and a strong Germany. The United States was also worried over the Soviet spreading
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The Cold War was a period of hostility and rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union beginning soon after the end of World War II‚ lasting from 1945 until 1989. The Cold War originated from conflict over the type of government in Eastern Europe after the war. The United States pushed for freely elected governments while the Soviet Union denied it. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945‚ shortly after the death of Franklin Roosevelt‚ the new president‚ Harry Truman ordered instant
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