Ever since the end of world war two‚ tension between the US and USSR has constantly been present. This long constant tension between the two countries came to be known as the Cold War. Many attempts of soviet communistic expansion occurred over the span of the cold war‚ where many of those occurrences are tied to the US. Instances of communism in Germany‚ Asia‚ and Cuba could be highlighted as the most diplomatic of the cold war‚ and were all handled differently by the United States. After the
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Atomic Café Questions NOTE: This documentary combines authentic newsreels‚ military training films‚ advertisements and other footage from the early Cold War era‚ combined with speeches‚ radio broadcasts and actual music. Keep in mind that this documentary‚ produced late in the Cold War in 1982‚ was made to convey a specific political and social message. Some of the events are portrayed in such a way as to make the people of the 1950s seem foolish; thus‚ we can learn from this film‚ but we must remember
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THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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In the early 1950s‚ the Cold War contributed heavily to a change in American society and women’s roles. No longer were the women across the United States confined to a household. Suddenly‚ being a woman had a completely different meaning than what it had previously. When World War II began‚ women on the Home Front worked in defense plants and volunteered for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Once World War II ended‚ women were getting laid off from their jobs due
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as much. A key moment in American foreign policy history was during the Cold War era. During the Cold War the main priority of the U.S. was ending communism which eve n meant siding with terrorists. It even entailed involvement in Iran’s presidential election. At the time many were in favor of what the United States
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One topic that stuck with me while reading the Cold War was that why wasnt the Cold War avoidable. The first thing that comes to mind is that during the war‚ it was two very powerful countries competing on the world stage to become the next super power. Being as powerful as they are things can get a little out of hand. Something else that also contributed to the war was how conflicting the political philosophies‚ which were Representative Democracy vs Communism‚ and for that a fear of the opponant
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Throughout‚ the cold war a lot of conflict was happening such as; the Berlin Airlift‚ the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan along with the conflict with the Soviet Union. President Truman was trying multiple ways to end the war and bring peace to America. After trying to bring peace President Truman declared war and finally got the United States involved with helping in the war and trying to end communism in the world. After all his efforts failed President Truman raised the game and used the
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Cold War In Fahrenheit 451 In writings‚ influences of history and culture appear before the reader‚ some are on purpose. Others bleed through the pages from the events that are taking place at the time the author writes. During the cold war many authors found inspiration from the unsettling atmosphere that plagued over the world. This inspiration was a sense of danger and insecurity that bled into many writings through the nineteen nineties. During this time many authors were writing great novels
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affected many countries through affecting the Cold War. The revolution changed social‚ political and economic factors in many South American countries. Looking at the Cuban Revolution will give an insight on how political changes affect historical time periods. After Castro had established a communist Cuba‚ he wouldn’t stop there. Castro‚ the leader of Cuba‚ would then aid other revolutionary countries in hopes to spread communism. The Cold War was all about the stopping and spreading of
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Yes‚ I feel the Cold War was a clash of national interests. It was a clash between the capitalists and the communists‚ who were the Soviet Union‚ ran by Joseph Stalin and the United States ran by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neither country was worried about the countries’ ideology as much as they were worried about how to run the country. The United States wants to run its country the capitalist way and the Soviet Union wants to run its country the communist way. The United States wants the Soviet
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