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    Prior to the Cold War that took place from 1947 to 1991 in various parts of Europe, Latin America and the United States, the United States had established and extended the Monroe Doctrine that had previously warned Europeans against retaking their former colonies. When the U.S. decided to extend this doctrine, they put it in a Cold War context, in which it allowed the U.S. to strengthen Latin American states militarily against communist penetration. Because of North America’s long and…

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    Imagine not being able to see a friend for 28 years. That's how people felt in Berlin. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961. It was taken down 28 years later in 1989. The Berlin Wall was part of the Cold War which was a competition between communism and socialism. The Berlin Wall affected Berlin and the cold war majorly most people don't know why is was built. According to History.com staff, The Berlin was was built on August 13, 1961, the wall was built by the USSR to keep western “fascists”…

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    held a leading role in the peace process, and helped end the cold war. MIkhail Gorbachev is a former Soviet Union statesmen. He was good allies with Ronald Reagan, which would be a key factor in the later years of the Cold War. He also helped bring the Berlin Wall down. Gorbachev ended the war in the most peaceful way possible. He was very open-minded and worked well with other people. Mikhail was very open to negotiations during the Cold War. Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev met to discuss…

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    Foreign policy was influenced by the Cold War when relations between the United States and the Soviet Union began to deteriorate in 1946. A premise that created the turning point in history was when Stalin declared communism would ultimately triumph over capitalism. The need to stop the spread of communism became the fundamental foreign policy priority of the United States, as well as other members of the United Nations. In order to accomplish this America adopted a foreign policy of…

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    of the Cold War happened in the late 1980s and was made of serendipity, if not outright luck. The unlikely combination of United States President Ronald Reagan and USSR Head of State Mikhail Gorbachev, two devoted nationalist respectively, created the perfect storm for easing of tensions between the longtime enemies. By addresses each leaders individual personalities, early encounters, and collaborations, we can see the major impact Reagan and Gorbachev’s relationship had on the Cold War and…

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    order to lie flat on the floor of the bus. He sat upright, allowing himself to be seen by any protestor or bullet. Ronald Reagan took action against communism and the Cold War long before his two presidential terms. Before his election, The United States leaders believed the best strategy to bring about the conclusion of the Cold War was containment and détente. Containment was used as an attempt to stop the Soviet Union from spreading communism beyond their own territories and lands, while…

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    respond to any Cuban attack with all-out nuclear retaliation. In response to the increased Soviet ships coming with weapons, JFK ordered a blockade, which he called quarantine because a blockade is an act of war, around Cuba. For 13 days, the world held its breath as the threat of a nuclear war hung over the world, but the Soviets…

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    It was Josef Stalin, the unflappable leader of the USSR through the beginning of the Cold War that said, “everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.” Stalin, in these words, distilled the central conflict of the Cold War: the maintenance of spheres of influence and the purveyance of certain ideologies. For the Soviets, this ideology was Communism, and, more specifically, the new Stalinist strain of Marxism-Leninism, focused on state terror and industrial growth. However,…

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    The Cold War which started in 1946 to 1991 was a global military, political, economic, ideological struggle between the U.S. and Britain, and the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.). The Cold War was not only a struggle between two nations, but what the nations represented or stood for: Democracy and Communism. This led to a series of wars, most memorably the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the fall of the U.S.S.R. In 1945, Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe was defeated by the joint efforts of then…

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    The Cold War The battle developed due to the fact of the relationship between USA and the USSR after World War two was called The Cold War. The Cold War in spherically was a military conflict between the two countries where if a direct contact had occurred War World III will had taken place. The conflict was over political, military and economic issues. Communism and Capitalism also played significant factors into this war. This name, The Cold War, was giving because each side never fought each…

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