Was the basis of the Cold War ideological‚ economic‚ or geopolitical? The basis of the Cold War was geopolitical. Although ideology made some degree of conflict between the communist world and the capitalist world‚ the struggle was largely fought over issues such as global power and influence. The US concluded that the USSR wanted to destroy democratic and capitalism. The Soviet Union feared that the US wanted to use its money and power to dominate Europe and eventually destroy the USSR. The distrust
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Nioka Jackman December 9 ‚ 2014 History of Sport Cold and Sport Joseph Rotblat‚ a Polish physicist once said‚ “The Cold War is over ‚ but Cold War thinking survives.“ This thinking that the United States is more democratic‚ powerful‚ family-orientated‚ and athletic than the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics can traced back to the 20th century. The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) were in political‚ military‚ economic‚ and ideological disagreements. In the 1940’s
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How Ronald Reagan Won the Cold War Ronald Reagan was the key individual whose political‚ economic and military initiatives were later responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall and victory of the United States in the Cold War. The policies implemented by the Reagan Administration were released in declassified National Security Decision Directives stating to use “economic‚ military and political initiatives..[to] convince the Soviet ruling that unless it shared power
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Extent Was the Cold War Inevitable? With the end of World War II (WWII) in 1945 began the Cold War‚ an international conflict that lasted from 1947–1991 and plagued nations across the globe. As the post-war negotiations were deliberated by three of the strongest world powers‚ the United States (US)‚ Britain‚ and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)‚ disagreements arose that created tension between the US and the USSR and ultimately instigated the infamous “Fifty Years War” (Crockatt 64)
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Why the Cold War never became hot Despite of some serious crises‚ the Cold War never resulted into a Third World War. Although cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union was the main reason‚ there were other reasons to why it never resulted into another world war. The end of the Second World War resulted in the separation of Europe. Western Europe was under strong influence by the United States and capitalism‚ while Eastern Europe was under strong influence by the Soviet Union
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The Cold War is considered to be a significant event in Modern World History. The Cold War dominated a rather long time period: between 1945‚ or the end of the World War II‚ and 1990‚ the collapse of the USSR. This period involved the relationships between two superpowers: the United States and the USSR. The Cold War began in Eastern Europe and Germany‚ according to the researchers of the Institute of Contemporary British History (Warner 15). Researchers state that “the USSR and the United States
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Four “tools” made the Containment Policy strong enough to prevail and push Soviet troops back‚ avoiding a third world war and soon ending the Cold War. The first aid in the Containment Policy was the Truman Doctrine. This doctrine made the support of free people and countries who are falling to Soviet powers‚ a policy of the United States. Truman urged Greece to cease their Civil War of 1949. He argued that if Greece and Turkey did not accept his financial aid and economical support‚ they would soon
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THE COLD WAR NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF THE 1980 ’S The pope quickly organized a meeting to prepare the world for a weapon that would destroy all life on earth. "Pope Innocent II organized the conference in 11391" because of a crossbow. Approximately 800 years from this conference‚ the Cold War has begun. The potential of mass destruction could occur at any moment. More efforts for mining and technology went toward constructing nuclear weapons. Missiles‚ such as‚ the Tomahawk® Cruise Missile and
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Cold War Impact on US Foreign Policy The mentality of the Cold War greatly affected the decisions made by the Presidents that held the office from 1950 to 1974. The main thought that prevailed from the beginning of the Cold War was containment. It was the main goal of the United States to contain the spread of Communism whenever possible. “Brinkmanship” was the first major policy that was employed by the United States in the effort to stop the spread of Communism throughout the world. President
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November 11‚ 2012 C. Wright Mills and His Understanding of the Cold War/WWIII Authors and historians have attempted to understand what caused and perpetuated the Cold War for decades. Although it is not a simple answer with simple component reasons‚ this brief essay will seek to explain to the reader a few of the main reasons why the Cold War transpired as it did and what mechanisms kept it going. As a means of understanding the Cold War‚ the author of the essay has reviewed the writings of C. Wright
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