Coup's Failure To Win The Cold War
The Cold War was an economic battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was bound to start after the Bolshevik Revolution. Also, America’s fear of communist attack are some of the reasons why the Cold War started in 1947; however, the failure of the August Coup ended the Soviet Union which is what caused the Cold War to end. The Soviet Union’s fall caused the Americans to win this Cold War in the end, leading the Soviet Union unfortunate because of bankruptcy.
The Cold War was bound to happen some time in history. Many would say that it’s been bound to happen for years after the Bolshevik Revolution, and World War II was a break to an inevitable battle between the capitalist United States and communist Soviet Union. This point of view, the origins of the Cold War are simple: World War II left two major powers standing, both with visions of spreading their incompatible ideological systems (Origins of the Cold War). There was no stopping a battle between the United States and the Soviet Union because of their different views. Since they had different views of power, they were bound to fight, and that shows proof of why. This would be a reason to why the Cold …show more content…
August Coup was unsuccessful to his mission and that laid the end of the Soviet Union. “Yeltsin entered into agreements with the leaders of other Soviet republics for the dissolution of the USSR, replacing it in December of 1991 with a “Commonwealth of Independent States.” On December 25, 1991, Mikael Gorbachev, who was still the highest Soviet official, officially recognized the bankruptcy and collapse of the Soviet Union” (Theodoros II). Soon after August failed, the Soviet Union was in bankruptcy, which made them struggle to keep going. Since they were no longer able to hold themselves up, they ended up collapsing. If August Coup did not fail on what he intended the cold war would not have ended because of the Soviet Union’s
The Cold War was bound to happen some time in history. Many would say that it’s been bound to happen for years after the Bolshevik Revolution, and World War II was a break to an inevitable battle between the capitalist United States and communist Soviet Union. This point of view, the origins of the Cold War are simple: World War II left two major powers standing, both with visions of spreading their incompatible ideological systems (Origins of the Cold War). There was no stopping a battle between the United States and the Soviet Union because of their different views. Since they had different views of power, they were bound to fight, and that shows proof of why. This would be a reason to why the Cold …show more content…
August Coup was unsuccessful to his mission and that laid the end of the Soviet Union. “Yeltsin entered into agreements with the leaders of other Soviet republics for the dissolution of the USSR, replacing it in December of 1991 with a “Commonwealth of Independent States.” On December 25, 1991, Mikael Gorbachev, who was still the highest Soviet official, officially recognized the bankruptcy and collapse of the Soviet Union” (Theodoros II). Soon after August failed, the Soviet Union was in bankruptcy, which made them struggle to keep going. Since they were no longer able to hold themselves up, they ended up collapsing. If August Coup did not fail on what he intended the cold war would not have ended because of the Soviet Union’s