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. It can be argued that the Cold War was inevitable‚ and therefore no one’s fault‚ due to the differences in the capitalist and communist ideologies. It was only the need for self-preservation that had caused the two countries to sink their differences temporarily during the Second World War. Yet many of the tensions that existed in the Cold War can be attributed to
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and that Czechoslovakia wouldn’t leave the Warsaw Pact. Brezhnev was unconvinced. He was worried that Czechoslovakia‚ which had the strongest industry in the Soviet Bloc‚ would leave the Warsaw Pact – allowing NATO to move in. The reforms‚ and increased contact with the West‚ might spread across the satellite states. The Soviet Bloc and the WP might collapse‚ and the USSR would no longer have its buffer zone. The other Warsaw Pact countries also objected to the reforms. In August 1968‚ 500‚000
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Death and destruction was not the only outcomes that derived from World War II. Discontent with the economy‚ the United States defeat in Vietnam‚ and decolonization were the pertinent issues of 1945 to 1975. In 1944‚ much reform was being made to the way the western part of the world conducted their trade practices. The western capitalist countries created a new international monetary system in which supply and demand determined prices. This prevented producers from manufacturing more of a certain
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The aftermath of World War II was not a new beginning of opportunities and independence for the Eastern European countries. Rather‚ destruction‚ economic instability‚ and a social atmosphere of mistrust and fear tormented Czechoslovakia‚ East Germany‚ and Poland. Amidst all of this‚ in 1945‚ the year Anne Applebaum‚ the author of the Iron Curtain‚ dubbed zero hour‚ the Soviet Union sought to establish anti-fascist democratic governments in these countries. As the years progressed‚ this process evolved
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Germany. However‚ Truman wasn’t happy about the agreement‚ as he was worried that the countries in Eastern Europe would be under Stalin’s “sphere of influence”‚ meaning that Eastern Europe would be slowly turned into a communist country. But even though Truman did not approve of the “percentages agreement”‚ there wasn’t much he could do‚ as the Red Army was already occupying the territories in Eastern
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There is a debate among historians about whether or not the Cold War was inevitable. Some argue that despite their alliance during World War II (WWII)‚ the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) had conflicting ideologies and postwar plans in Europe such that the Cold War was inevitable. However‚ there is evidence to support that the Cold War was not inevitable. Roosevelt and Churchill’s commitment to the Big Three‚ Stalin’s actual goals after WWII‚ and the Soviet position on the inevitability
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Introduction In the 1950s and 60s‚ when the two largest Communist States in the world ended their alliance‚ the world was shocked. Not only did the split between the Soviet Union and China create a divide in worldwide Communist leadership but also marked a turning point in the Cold War era. In his book‚ The Sino-Soviet Split‚ historian Lorenz M. Lüthi describes the collapse of the Sino-Soviet alliance to have been as significant to the time period as “the construction of the Berlin Wall‚ the Cuban
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Table of Contents A. Planning of Investigation 2 B. Summary of Evidence 3 C. Evaluation of Sources 7 D. Analysis 9 E. Conclusion 11 F. Bibliography 12 Section A: Planning of the Investigation The Berlin Wall was the result of both economic 1 and political bankruptcy of East Germany (GDR2) as a state‚ right after the Second Berlin Crisis‚ 1958-61. This investigation focuses on why the wall was constructed and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) motives behind it. In particular
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three divisions that were formed in the Western half and the Eastern half was controlled by the Soviet Republic. The Western sections eventually united to make a federal republic‚ while the Eastern half became communist. Even though Berlin lay deep within the Soviet sector‚ the Allies thought it would be the best to divide this capital. Therefore Berlin was also divided into four parts. Since the Soviet Union was in control of the eastern half of Germany‚ they made East Berlin the capital of East
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non-aligned group included countries that did not want to be tied to either thе West or thе East. As thе Second World War neared its conclusion‚ thе future of Eastern Europe became а point of contention between thе Soviet Union аnd its Western allies. Thе Soviet Union was determined to install "friendly" regimes throughout Eastern Europe following thе War. Thе Western democracies‚ led by thе United States‚ were determined to stop thе spread of communism аnd Soviet power. Harry Truman was thе
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