The Cold War – Conflict of 1945 – 1960 The cold war was the conflict that happened during the time period of 1945 through 1960 between the democratic nations led by the United States and the Communist nations led by the Soviet Union. The cold war was fought in the most part by using propaganda‚ the economy‚ haggling with the occasional military clash. The politics of the cold war is mostly theory but can be categorized as a struggle to expand‚ contain
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To take the perspective of the traditionalist historian in placing the blame of origin of the Cold War solely upon the Soviet Union is orthodox and somewhat reasonable if only one frame‚ out of the context of long decades of conflict‚ is examined. But before critics quickly sway to the extreme of siding with US Naval War historian Eugene V Rostow in claiming‚ "The cold war was caused by the USSR’s ’imperial appetite’"‚ it is crucial to understand why revisionists like the celebrated William A. Williams
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The Cold War was a shocking and controversial event‚ which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to search the many reasons why it started and how. While the ’why’ or ‘what happened’ is still being argued out over time the ’what’ is very clear. One of the main reasons of the Cold War was that there were huge differences in the way that the East and West were led and as many know disagreements usually lead to conflict. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 is believed to be the start of the Cold
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The Cold War Did you know that during the Cold War over twenty million people died? It was a pretty devastating war. While the reason it is called the “Cold War” is because it never sparked into an actual war‚ there was still a lot of war going on. I’m here to tell you about the what happened during the Cold War. During the beginning of the Cold War (1947-1991)‚ America devised a strategy called “containment” (“Cold War History”). Containment meant that they would try to stop communism from spreading
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The Civil War could easily be seen as the second American Revolution considering it brought about significant change in history in the political‚ social‚ and economic aspects. Prior to the civil war‚ there had been a policy of slavery in the South which was a main cause of the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy. In the post-war period‚ slavery had been abolished which brought about much change in not only the social but economic aspect as well. There are many points from which the Civil
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During the Second World War‚ America‚ Britain and Russia had been allies. However‚ even before the war was over‚ differences began to emerge between the countries. These differences grew after the war to eventually cause the Cold War. The tensions that arose in the final months of the war led to Russia and America moving from allies in war to adversaries. The fall of Nazi Germany left two major powers standing‚ both with the intention of spreading their ideology throughout the rest of post-war Europe
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To uncover the origins of the Second World War is a difficult task and to summarize it‚ even more so‚ but this is exactly what historian P.M.H. Bell does in his astounding book The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. Although Bell does a great job of providing accounts on both sides of the debate on the origins of the Second World War‚ he does have his own mindset about it. In his eyes‚ Bell sees the Second World War as being a thirty year war‚ driven by the ideology and economics of Germany
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The origins of the Cold War lie in the differences between the systems of both the United States and the Soviet Union. It is an interplay between ideology and pragmatic power politics‚ and the creation of tension and mistrust which had been evident since the Russian Revolution. During World War II differences were put aside‚ but the problems reappeared‚ and it was a changing post-war world. There are three major common explanations for the origins of the Cold War: traditional‚ revisionist‚ and post-revisionist
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In a world where two nations take battle‚ for the top spot. The two nations were United States and Soviet Union. The battle was against capitalism and communism. Each nation had their own type of weapon. The basic weapon that was used during the cold war was mostly nuclear weapons. While the Soviet Union had been taking over other nation‚ the United States have been recruiting nation to defeat the Soviet Union. Even though they had more nations the Soviet Union had not taking over the world. In this
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