Cold War Essay
War 1
Norma Jean Smith
His104 World Civilization 11 ABG1007A
The Cold War of the 1900 Century
Jill Walsh
March 15, 2010
War 2
The Cold War of the 1900 Century The Cold War period lasted from the mid-1940 's until the late 1980 's. During this period international politics were shaped by this intense rivalry between these two great blocs of power and the political ideologies they represented. The United States and its allies represented democracy and capitalism while the Soviet Union and its allies represented communism. The Cold War was truly a global conflict more so than either of the century 's two world wars. The cold war was also the first total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction. Even though the Cold War Began just after World War II, some of its roots reach back as far as the nineteenth century. Its neighbors have long feared Russia; the giant among the countries in Europe, even when they were allied Russia against a common enemy. This fear came up immediately after Russia, Britain, and other European nations defeated the French Emperor Napoleon in 1812. In 1853 Britain, France and several other European nations went to war with Russia from keeping Russia from expanding into the Middle East. Britain, in fact, took a great deal of its energy during the nineteenth century trying to limit Russian power. By the early twentieth century the United States was also concerned with Russia 's power. Although the United States tried to keep out of European disputes, American leaders were concerned about Russia becoming to powerful.
War 3 At the conclusion of the WWII war Germany was divided into 4 zones of occupation controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin, the capital of Germany, was located in the Soviet Union concerning the united of Germany led to the beginning of the Cold War. The term Cold war was first used by an American Financier
Norma Jean Smith
His104 World Civilization 11 ABG1007A
The Cold War of the 1900 Century
Jill Walsh
March 15, 2010
War 2
The Cold War of the 1900 Century The Cold War period lasted from the mid-1940 's until the late 1980 's. During this period international politics were shaped by this intense rivalry between these two great blocs of power and the political ideologies they represented. The United States and its allies represented democracy and capitalism while the Soviet Union and its allies represented communism. The Cold War was truly a global conflict more so than either of the century 's two world wars. The cold war was also the first total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction. Even though the Cold War Began just after World War II, some of its roots reach back as far as the nineteenth century. Its neighbors have long feared Russia; the giant among the countries in Europe, even when they were allied Russia against a common enemy. This fear came up immediately after Russia, Britain, and other European nations defeated the French Emperor Napoleon in 1812. In 1853 Britain, France and several other European nations went to war with Russia from keeping Russia from expanding into the Middle East. Britain, in fact, took a great deal of its energy during the nineteenth century trying to limit Russian power. By the early twentieth century the United States was also concerned with Russia 's power. Although the United States tried to keep out of European disputes, American leaders were concerned about Russia becoming to powerful.
War 3 At the conclusion of the WWII war Germany was divided into 4 zones of occupation controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin, the capital of Germany, was located in the Soviet Union concerning the united of Germany led to the beginning of the Cold War. The term Cold war was first used by an American Financier
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