The Cold War, the post World War II period of hostility and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, in many ways began before World War II even ended. The United States and the Soviet Union had opposing ideological principles that separated the countries. The United States accepted capitalist society while the Soviet Union believed in communism. Nevertheless, the US and USSR were allies during the second half of World War II, united in their epic struggle to defeat the Nazis. Their relationship quickly deteriorated after they succeeded in their defeat. The core ideologies of the US and USSR were incompatible and this led to conflict when the task of planning the rebuilding Europe and establishing a new world order began.
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Therefore, the Soviets were desperate for a border of some sort. This resulted in the creation of the “Iron Curtain.” The “Iron Curtain” was a “Symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe.” This division was seen as a separation between the East and the West though Winston Churchill's eyes. This is evident In Churchill's iconic “Iron Curtain speech,” which states "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Churchill believed that the Iron Curtain obstructed and impeded western eyes from influencing the east.
The United States had a strong fear of the Iron Curtain and Soviet expansion. So, in 1947, Harry Truman instituted the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine served as a plan of containment of the USSR. The Truman Doctrine provided assistance to anti-communist nations who were threatened by the Soviet expansion as it states in his …show more content…
The success of the agreements in Greece and Turkey led to the creation of the Marshal Plan by the Truman Administration. The Marshall plan provided funds to rebuild war-torn Europe and also prevented the spread of communism and facilitated global trade and free markets. This capitalist trade development further provided a platform for democratic ideologies to spread while limiting Soviet expansion. Nonetheless, multiple Eastern European countries declined the United States assistance because of Soviet pressure. The conflicts continued because of opposing economic practices and different
The …show more content…
Therefore, the Soviets were desperate for a border of some sort. This resulted in the creation of the “Iron Curtain.” The “Iron Curtain” was a “Symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe.” This division was seen as a separation between the East and the West though Winston Churchill's eyes. This is evident In Churchill's iconic “Iron Curtain speech,” which states "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent." Churchill believed that the Iron Curtain obstructed and impeded western eyes from influencing the east.
The United States had a strong fear of the Iron Curtain and Soviet expansion. So, in 1947, Harry Truman instituted the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine served as a plan of containment of the USSR. The Truman Doctrine provided assistance to anti-communist nations who were threatened by the Soviet expansion as it states in his …show more content…
The success of the agreements in Greece and Turkey led to the creation of the Marshal Plan by the Truman Administration. The Marshall plan provided funds to rebuild war-torn Europe and also prevented the spread of communism and facilitated global trade and free markets. This capitalist trade development further provided a platform for democratic ideologies to spread while limiting Soviet expansion. Nonetheless, multiple Eastern European countries declined the United States assistance because of Soviet pressure. The conflicts continued because of opposing economic practices and different