The Cold War: A Comparative Analysis

During World War II the United States and the Soviet Union joined forces out of necessity, despite the numerous differences they had, to help defeat the destructive and dangerous forces of Nazi Germany. Not shortly after the war ended in 1945, with the Axis powers surrendering, post war signs of mistrust were developing between the two countries leading to the beginning of the Cold War in 1947. The Cold War was a strong ongoing tension of political and military status. Both countries were very different, they had contrasting political view, and fueling the tension was the issues before the war of refusal of legitimate part of the international community. The two countries understood exactly how opposite their nation interests were, one and …show more content…
According to Kennan the ideologies and historic factors that motivated the Soviet leadership were: “a) the system by which material goods are produced and exchanged; b) that the capitalist system of production is a nefarious one which inevitable leads to the exploitation of the working class by the capital-owning class and is incapable of developing adequately the economic resources of society or of distributing fairly the material good produced by human labor; c) that capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction and must, in view of the inability of the capital-owning class to adjust itself to economic change; d) that imperialism, the final phase of capitalism, leads directly to war and revolution.” (Kennan, 1987, pg.260) Summarizing his statement the Soviet Leadership have a complex process and beliefs in which they run their country in hopes of a revolution. Taking into consideration his acquired information Kennan predicts that “the future of Soviet power may not be by any means as secure as Russian capacity for self-delusion would make it appear to the men of the Kremlin.”, meaning they way he sees things Russia will eventually fall or fail to succeed in the way the Kremlin hope to