Ending of The Cold War: Demise of The Soviet Union Carl Sandin History 420 Professor Gianni November 13‚ 2012 While the United States and Soviet Union did join forces during World War II‚ against
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The Cold War The Cold War‚ which occurred from 1947 to 1991‚ was a time of considerable political tension and competition. The cause of the Cold War has long been a discussion without a singular conclusion. While the exact cause of the war is not universally acknowledged‚ there were many factors that contributed to its development. Due to the overall distrust between the two superpowers‚ their conflict of ideologies‚ and the fear that that was created because of these‚ the period of conflict
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conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States emerged from their clashing political and economic systems. The United States was team capitalism and the Soviet Union was team communism. Tensions rose between the two superpowers during the dual occupation of Germany after WWII. The Cold War was a competition for global influence and the promotion of their respective beliefs. In President Harry Truman’s speech‚ known as the “Truman Doctrine‚” Truman stated‚ “The Soviet Union and its agents have
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The Cold War Allison Cribb HIS 223 Dr. Lamm April 06‚ 2017 Once allies with the Soviet Union (Russia)‚ the United States began to be afraid and have problems come up towards Stalin and his views on Communism; therefore bringing forward the Red Scare‚ which lead everyone to be skeptical about Communism‚ what it meant towards the United States‚ and what the effects would be. So… Was the Cold War even necessary? Was it necessary to fight over beliefs that weren’t yours? Was it worth it?
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly
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The Soviet Union formally collapsed on December 26th‚ 1991. The dissolution of the world’s first and largest Communist state also marked the end of the Cold War. Mikhail Gorbachev (in office from May 25th‚ 1989- December 25th‚ 1991) was the leader of the Soviet Union mainly credited in driving the Soviet Union into near disaster. This collapse has been debated by many historians‚ whether it was inevitable or it was pressured into collapse. I focused my research on the causes of the collapse
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art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The method of combat during Cold War is true example of Tzo’s quote. A war usually involves two opposing sides with in person battle. During the years 1945 to 1991‚ two superpower countries were engaging in an international power struggle without actually fighting each other. After WWII‚ the Soviet Union had a large army and the United States had the powerful Atomic bomb‚ leading to both of the countries distrusting each other. The United States
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In the race to become a supreme power in the world‚ the Cold War was between 1st world and 2nd world countries. It was mostly characterized by a power struggle of the United States and Russia‚ engaging in civil and proxy wars. The cold war also stimulated globalization 3.0‚ a movement of decolonization. Many countries that were previously colonized‚ encountered issues with getting back on their feet in all aspects. Thus‚ leading to the U.S intervening because they needed help to establish power of
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Race After fighting alongside each other in the Second World War to defeat a common enemy‚ differing political ideologies resulted in high tensions between the United States and the U.S.S.R. The Soviet communist government‚ initiated during the Bolshevik Revolution‚ posed a direct threat to the goal of the United States to spread democracy and capitalism across the globe. These rising tensions manifested themselves in the form of the Cold War-a series of conflicts and antagonism between the two nations
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The United States came to be involved in the Cold War because even before World War II ended‚ there were signs of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Once the fighting was over‚ those tensions grew to create what became known as the Cold War. The Cold War was a long and dangerous rivalry between the two former allies that would cast its shadow over international affairs and American domestic life for more than four decades. The United States came to be involved in the Cold War
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