The Cold War The Cold War was "the struggle for global power between the United States and the Soviet Union following World War II" (History book‚ pg. 874). The Cold War began by controversial wants and needs from two different countries and several different "weapons" were used to fight this controversial war. The feuds eventually kept building up‚ greater and greater‚ resulting in one great war. Two countries‚ the United States and the Soviet Union both took part in fighting. According to the
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as the "Cold War". It could have been called this for many reasons. Perhaps it was the cold feelings between the west and the east. Or maybe it was because of the nuclear winter that would have resulted from open war. The most probable suggestion‚ however‚ is that there was no direct combat. In times of war‚ locations entailing heavy fighting are known as "hot-spots". In this war however‚ the east and the west never engaged in head-to-head combat‚ resulting in a "cold war’. Generally in war‚ battles
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The Cold War was a “global; power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1991” (textbook page 511). In 1945 the United States and the Soviet Union defeated Germany in World War Two. After the war was over‚ both wanted to be the leader of the world. The two countries remained allies with each other until communism began to spread in Europe. The spread of communism caused Americans to fear communism which lead to problems that affected the United States domestic
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the Cold War proved to be a pivotal period in world history. Lasting from the mid 1940s to the early 1990s‚ the Cold War shaped the world in many ways. Through numerous conflicts arising from the spread of communist ideals‚ both the US and Soviet Union engaged in several tactics and activities to negatively affect the other nation’s ability to engage in war‚ or what is more important in this case‚ the other nation’s spread of influence. I believe the Cold War was indeed a form of Total War as there
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The growing tension between the Soviets and the West‚ United States in particular‚ reverberated around the world after the Second World War. Although allied in their fight against Nazi Germany‚ communist Russia and capitalist America soon came to distrust each other’s goals in a post-war world. The Soviets considered the West as being enslaved by capitalism whereas the Americans believed the Soviets were enslaved by communism. This general mistrust and unwillingness to work together is cleverly depicted
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Following the end of World War II the previously allied nations‚ the US and the Soviet Union‚ began to allow their political and economic differences take forefront over what is now known as The Cold War. The central issue between these countries centered around the practice of communism in the Soviet Union and the United States’s desire to contain it. The tensions between these countries came into the forefront during their attempts to spread their own policies to places such as Berlin‚ Korea‚ and
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Topic: The Cold War Research Question: The fall of the mutually friendly American Soviet relations was most significantly caused by the Soviet Union expanding it borders‚ violating its allied agreements‚ and imposing communist governments on its neighboring nations. Command Term: Analyze and Explain Dates: 1945-1990 Locales: Eastern/Western Europe Events: The end of world war two and the conferences during and following including Yalta‚Potsdam and Tehran. Also informations and influence of
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The Cold War brought fears amongst the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War. America’s greatest fear during this time was the threat of communism in the United States and abroad‚ the increase of atomic weaponry‚ and the fear of a second depression. Although it was not easy to try and ease the hysteria in America‚ under the administration of Eisenhower‚ he was successful and effective when addressing the concerns of the American people. Communism was a big concern of the American
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During the cold war years there was too much hysteria. Not only in the United States but the whole world had its fears. In our case the United States fears were the spread of communism‚ nuclear technology and the US economy (A).The administration of President Dwight Eisenhower address this fears in a successful way his major concern was the safety of the people. One of the major fears that I believe the people had was the spread of communism at home. On 1954 Eisenhower said that the fear “unwise
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Cold War DBQ Between 1945 and 1950‚ the tensions increased between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers‚ with varying standpoints on global affairs‚ were brought to the brink of war. As the United States pushed for the containment of communism‚ and the development of capitalist democracies‚ the Soviet Union continued to impose communist rule amongst itself and its satellite nations. Eventually‚ these conflicting views would lead to the start of the Cold War. Fueled by the disagreement
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