Why The United States Won The Cold War?

After World War II had ended there was a struggle in international relations between the West and the Soviet Union. With the defeat of the Nazis, the United States and Britain were concerned about the stagnation and turmoil of the European countries affected by the war and introduced the Marshall plan, a rapid economic reconstruction of Western Europe. But Stalin did not want the Soviet Union to participate in the Marshall Plan and therefore negotiations between the United States, the West, and the Soviet Union ceased, thus beginning the Cold War. In March 1946 an “iron curtain” was placed upon Europe and Germany was divided into East Germany, the communist German Democratic Republic and West Germany, the democratic Federal Republic. In 1949 more tensions arose …show more content…
The Cold War is virtually still happening presently and has not truly ended, right now it is just Russia and the United States going head to head. After the military intervention and annexation of Crimea in Ukraine by Russia, tensions between the United States and Russia are once again heating up. “The war of words between America and Russia is escalating. So, too, is the movement of implements of war -- from U.S. fighter jets to Russian nuclear weapons.” Both Russian and United States military are coming in contact more often. There is a danger that something can go wrong when either the US or Russia become aggressive “as when a Russian fighter jet recently came within 10 feet of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea…” (Diamond and Botelho, CNN). The United States Air Force senior civilian leader stated that Russian military activities were the “biggest threat” on her mind while Russian officials said that they felt that they were the ones that were being threatened. The “Evil Empire” as President Reagan called it, is not completely