Marxism is the political and economical theories of Karl Marx, which later developed into the basis for communism…
First off, during the cold war, many feared the spread of communism. The Soviet Union and China were big countries and had a lot of influence over others. The United States became very fearful during the cold war of its…
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 communism throughout Europe. The Soviet Union wanted to produce a world dominated by communism and the USSR. America felt aggressions towards the Soviet for this. These events led to the development of the Cold War.…
The cold war was due to major changes in the balance of global power created by the second world. The west had always viewed Stalin with distrust and suspicion, Stalin’s past history of teaming up with the Nazis helped determine his credibility issues in the USA. Stalin believed that America purposely stalled deployment of its troops to Russia just so the Nazis would do severe damage and kill many Russian soldiers. When Germany was defeated in 1944 the alliance of Russian and the USA also broke apart. With the Nazis rule of over Europe ended many wondered who would take control over the respective territories leaving the USSR as the front runner. Through the Russians re distribution of the war torn land throughout Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Romania, and Albania this enabled the USSR to maintain military control throughout these countries. Right after the war communist parties sprouted up in all of these countries that Russia had control over. By 1948 most of Eastern Europe had Communist governments; this was very alarming to the United States. President Truman opposed the Soviets wide spread military and economic influence over Easter Europe. Mr. Truman believed that Stalin was using taking advantage of the war torn countries and using unjustified influences to control their countries. The United States of America was afraid that eventually Stalin’s far reaching political and military influence would eventually percolate westward than into Across the Atlantic into America.…
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels are well known for their contributions to socio-economics which was displayed in their writing of The Communist Manifesto. Marx and Engels wanted society to establish a classless system in which the proletariat would rise up over the bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie represented the ruling class which had been established as a result of the failed system of feudalism in the 1800s. Marx believed that the bourgeoisie could rule only so long as it best represented the economically productive forces of society and that when it ceased to do so it would be destroyed and replaced and eventually this cycle would continue until there was a virtually classless society. In his writing Marx argues that the proletariat needs to overtake the bourgeoisie by means of a social revolution. He believes that due to Industrialism the proletariats have learned how to work together and will thus untie to overthrow the bourgeoisie. The proletariats had become the productive class, even though they…
The Soviet Union was a Communist Country, which was under the dictatorship of Stalin, and put the needs of the state ahead of personal human rights. The United States was a capitalist democracy, which valued freedom and feared Communism. President Truman was leading his United States on the track of Capitalism. This two social institutions both believe that the alternative ideology was a threat to their own way of life, the only way to make the world stable was to let one of them take over. Also, the fear from both sides of USA and USSR kept affecting their foreign policies. In order to let unity take place, war automatically became one solution. However, after WWI, none of these countries in the world including USA and USSA had any more power left to afford a new war. The Cold War became…
After World War II, came the Cold War. From 1945 to 1960, the role of communism vastly influenced the United States and left the country infused with fear. This fear significantly impacted the country as a whole, as well as the individual citizens. The Cold War was unlike most previous wars, for it was fought through confrontation and verbal threats rather than the use of military forces. However, it still widely impacted America. Thus, it is evident that although there was a rise of tension between the United States and Soviet Union, the threat portrayed by the Communists in Russia, majorly affected the United States.…
Marxism is a conflict view that sees society as being based on class divisions and exploitation. Marxists argue that in society there are two classes – the bourgeoisie which is the ruling class and the proletariat which is the working class. The capitalist class owns the means of production and make their profit by exploiting the labour of the working class. This creates class conflict that could threaten the stability of capitalism or even result in a revolution to overthrow it. Social institutions such as the education system reproduce class inequalities and play an ideological role by persuading exploited workers that inequality is justified and acceptable.…
During the years of the Cold War, the American people were living in fear of Communist takeover. Almost every American family believed that the threat of World-Wide control by the Russians was real. Russian influence was being spread across the countries of Europe and into Cuba, the people of the Unites States felt that this was getting too close to home and felt that the only way to prevent Russian expansion into America was to use military force and atomic weapons.…
According to the AP text book, the Cold war began for a number of different reasons. One of the main reasons this war began was that there were huge differences in the way that the Soviet and the US led one another and the disagreements eventually reached a final rising point, causing several feuds as well, riots. The US was a democratic state where many parties could stand and elections were held. It was a fair and politically correct policy for everyone. "I believe it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted domination by armed minorities or outside pressure." (Ap text book) The Soviet was a communist state, where the political party controlled the state. The people basically had no free will.…
One of the main reasons for the Cold War was because of the distrust between the U.S. and USSR. This distrust was mainly formed from relations between the two nations during and after World War II. There were many events…
The Cold War was a time of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States that lasted from 1945 to 1990. The United States and the Soviet Union both wanted to make their mark on the world by spreading their ideas and values, the United States wanted to spread democracy and freedom while the Soviet Union wanted to spread Communism. This competition between the two biggest superpowers in the world caused a major conflict that still resonates to this day. The Cold War was inevitable, this one war led to many many other wars and conflicts throughout the world.…
The Cold War was not a war as we would think with destruction and loss of life. What the Cold War became was distrust between Nations that caused conflict and tension between these nations. The two major countries involved in the conflict were the United States and the Soviet Union. Both of these nations distrusted each other and were unable to negotiate the issues that were fostering the Cold War because of the distrust that they had for each other. The United States and its allies were concerned that Russia was a communist county, ruled by a dictator who cared little about human rights The United States accused the Soviet Union of seeking to expand their version of communism throughout the world. Brittan and the United States (Led by President Truman) wanted to help Germany recover and to prevent large areas of Europe from coming under Communist control. They did not trust USSR since Stalin had signed the Nazi Soviet pact in 1939.Russia believed America was a capitalist democracy, which valued freedom. Stalin wanted reparations from Germany and a buffer of friendly states. From past history the USSR did not trust Britain and the USA because they had tried to destroy the Russian Revolution in 1918. Stalin thought the USA and Britain had not helped the USSR enough in World War II. They charged the United States with practicing imperialism and attempting to stop revolutionary activity in other countries. Both nations were somewhat correct in their fears. The United States was trying to encourage Capitalism, and the…
The Cold War was caused by the military expansionism of Stalin and his successors. The American response… was basically a defensive reaction. As long as Soviet leaders clung to their dream of imposing Communism on the world, the West had no way (other than surrender) of ending the conflict. When a Soviet leader appeared who was willing to abandon that goal, the seemingly interminable Cold War soon melted away.…
The cause of the Cold War is debatable. Because the Cold War doubles as a conflict between two countries, the USA and the USSR, and between two ideologies, Capitalism and Communism. Several different causes can be suggested for the start of the Cold War. During the war, there was a mutual understanding between the two nations, which however began to evaporate soon after the war. Difference in ideologies and mutual distrust between the two nations led to the beginning of cold war. Both tried to spread their influence and divided the world into two hostile groups.…