Assignment #3 - Who 's Responsible for the Cold War?
To begin, after reviewing the assigned material and deliberating, I have come to the conclusion that both are equally as responsible for the Cold war. While the U.S. tends to paint pictures of the USSR as cold, calculating, and an evil void of all emotion, it is truly the rivalry of both countries that brought upon the cold war. In a way, both the United States and the Soviet Union were like feuding siblings trying to prove superiority over each other. In my opinion, the early years were like a game of chicken, both countries showing their power and designing weapons of mass destruction that would strike fear into the eyes of their opponents. As our text states, “This postwar …show more content…
I understand that Truman was a man of morals and ethics, thrusted into a position that he really did not understand however, that is no excuse for the stalemate war of South Korea, which was a stalemate and further lead to the provocation of war on the Soviet Union. In reference to The Bretton Woods agreement, which, to no surprise the Soviet Union did not attend, the sole purpose was to law down a new world-wide monetary system and lay in place institutional framework to help evolve the post-war economy. To the surprise of none, since it was laid in place largely by the Americans and British, The U.S. Dollar became the highest currency and gold was set at a value of $35 dollars per pound. However, in my opinion it did not take world interests to heart and lead to the debt and disparity in Germany and England in the later years. By the time we stepped in with the Marshall doctrine, England was already on the road to recovery and should have received the lesser …show more content…
Nikita Khrushchev, The leader of the Soviet Union during that period, Nikita Khrushchev appeared to have had one major goal: de-Stalinization. He also was on a mission to reform domestic welfare and actually put it to policy by placing a new plan in effect in 1959. This said plan was a
To begin, after reviewing the assigned material and deliberating, I have come to the conclusion that both are equally as responsible for the Cold war. While the U.S. tends to paint pictures of the USSR as cold, calculating, and an evil void of all emotion, it is truly the rivalry of both countries that brought upon the cold war. In a way, both the United States and the Soviet Union were like feuding siblings trying to prove superiority over each other. In my opinion, the early years were like a game of chicken, both countries showing their power and designing weapons of mass destruction that would strike fear into the eyes of their opponents. As our text states, “This postwar …show more content…
I understand that Truman was a man of morals and ethics, thrusted into a position that he really did not understand however, that is no excuse for the stalemate war of South Korea, which was a stalemate and further lead to the provocation of war on the Soviet Union. In reference to The Bretton Woods agreement, which, to no surprise the Soviet Union did not attend, the sole purpose was to law down a new world-wide monetary system and lay in place institutional framework to help evolve the post-war economy. To the surprise of none, since it was laid in place largely by the Americans and British, The U.S. Dollar became the highest currency and gold was set at a value of $35 dollars per pound. However, in my opinion it did not take world interests to heart and lead to the debt and disparity in Germany and England in the later years. By the time we stepped in with the Marshall doctrine, England was already on the road to recovery and should have received the lesser …show more content…
Nikita Khrushchev, The leader of the Soviet Union during that period, Nikita Khrushchev appeared to have had one major goal: de-Stalinization. He also was on a mission to reform domestic welfare and actually put it to policy by placing a new plan in effect in 1959. This said plan was a