Edwin Marcus saw the cold war as “a competition between super powers.”1 The motive behind this cartoon was to show the views of America. This paper argues that the formation of the Marshall plan was as a result of the rapid spread of communism in Eastern Europe which was seen as a threat to the peace and well-being of the world. Why is communism a threat to the peace of the world? Communism is an economic and political system that was introduced by Karl Marx. Karl Marx believes history is
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after WWI were erased as independent states and became part of the Soviet Union. Poland’s borders were moved eastward to include only the "corridor" from before the war but also parts of East Prussia‚ Pomerania‚ and Silesia‚ though they also lost the eastern parts of their country to the Soviet Union. Austria and Czechoslovakia‚ states created by the end of WWI but annexed to Nazi Germany in the 1930s reappeared‚ though Czechoslovakia was firmly under Soviet domination and the Austrians were forced to
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capture Nagy. Did Khrushchev have a choice at this point? Khrushchev didn’t want other Eastern European countries to be influenced by Hungary‚ in their attempt to start a revolution‚ and leave the Warsaw Pact. In order for Khrushchev to show Eastern European nations he was still in power‚ he had no other choice but to fight the Hungarian rebels in order to discourage another revolution. The USSR was using Eastern European countries as factories‚ so that they would maintain a strong economy‚ and that
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military forces. On March 5‚ 1946 Winston Church made his speech. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an "iron curtain" has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw‚ Berlin‚ Prague‚ Vienna‚ Budapest‚ Belgrade‚ Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere‚ and all are subject‚ in one form or another‚ not only to Soviet influence
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To what Extent did the cold war start because of ideological differences between the US and the Soviet Union? Churchill’s famous Iron Curtain Speech and the Truman doctrine where signs that the cold war had not only started but was underway. The cold war was a political and state of military power tension between the US and the Soviets‚ which never had a known begging or end. The cold war was known for the large disputes and close to nuclear warfare between Americans and the Soviets. The Cold
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Before the First World War there had been several attempts to abolish trade barriers between European countries‚ however the main focus at this time was individual national development. After WW1 and throughout the inter-war period‚ nations attempted to rebuild their economies though a significant increase in protectionism‚ which resulted in a huge increase in unemployment‚ and led to the Great Depression. Following the Second World War the European Economies were focused on rebuilding both their
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Explain why the USA was hostile towards the Soviet Union during 1945-1949. The USA and USSR both have very different ideologies. The USA believed in a capitalist economy and a democratic system of government. This meant that the citizens of America could vote in their President and Congress in free elections. But‚ in the USSR they believed in communism. This meant that people could vote in elections‚ but could only vote for members of the communist party. Before they even started working together
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The Truman Doctrine was announced to the world on March 12‚ 1947. War had destroyed Europe‚ as well as other parts of the world for six years. At the conclusion of war the United States had become the leading “democratic” and “free enterprise” country of the world. The threat of the spread of “communism” from the Soviet Union who threatening the democratic freedom of which the United States had long cherished. President Harry Truman presented the “Truman Doctrine” before a joint session of Congress
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The Marshall Plan The Truman doctrine largely concerned itself with military aid in defence of ‘freedom’‚ but communists could gain power by means other than outright aggression. Europe’s economic sityation in 1945 was desperate. Many countries were facing severe food shortages‚ disrupted communications‚ low production and unemployment. Like after the First World War‚ it would take the world and individual economies some time before they could recover. Many believed that‚ as in 1917/8‚ these were
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governments like the West. There are many reasons why communism doesn’t work. The three main reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union are centrally planned economy‚ industry at the expense of consumers‚ and shortage of workers by immigration. In Eastern Europe the government of the Soviet Union made all basic economic decisions rather than private persons as would happen in a free market. In theory‚ it seems more rational and fair than the marketplace‚ but in practice it yields inefficiency‚ lazy
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