Cold War leaders

The Cold War & the Evil Empire The cold war was a time when there was a conflict of the United States of America and The Soviet Union. It was a war that was basically underground and was a time when President Ronald Reagan was pushing buttons with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. The cold war basically was after the World War II. Things had started to get tenser between America and the Soviet Union. America was just starting to get into another dilemma and a war that was basically against two…

There was a complicated relationship between Latin America and both United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold war. The main foreign policy objective during the Cold War for the United States was containment and stopping the spread of Communism. As a result the US was very protective of Latin America. The US was very active in making sure that communism was suppressed all over the region. Meanwhile the Soviet Union was funding and influencing Latin America towards a communist region. The…

The Cold War The Cold War was a conflict between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States lasting from 1947 until 1991. As its name implies, the Cold war didn’t involve much fighting. “Although the Soviet Union and the United states never fought each other directly, battles did take place in countries where people allied themselves with one superpower or the other” (O’Connell). It started with tensions after World War II and remained a standoff for many years. Both…

the Cold War, many people will state that either General Secretary Gorbachev or President Ronald Reagan brought it to a close. Americans will most likely explain that Reagan’s military powers and strategic thinking had the most influential impact, while past Soviet citizens will support Gorbachev, and say he contributed to the end of the war for the better of the Soviet people. However, there are many other significant variables that had an impact and should be credited for the end of the Cold…

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…

influential leader because he was open to negotiations, he 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…

Discuss the extent to which the US economic power led to the end of the Cold War. American economic power promoted the end of the Cold War by weakening the Soviet Union. As the United States was a superpower they had colossal economic power usually demonstrated in the form of their powerful military. The reason that the Cold War was so notable is because of the fact that both America and the USSR were superpowers and had the economic ability to own and research nuclear weapons. Due to the fact…

With the Cold War, well into its second decade there was increased motive to dissolve tensions and increase trade with these two global powers. Nixon like very president before him wanted to avoid a nuclear war and thus wanted Soviet relations improved upon. But on a more selfish note Nixon new that his domestic approval was low and that he needed to boost his voter support by focusing on the positive foreign relations rather than the negative press he was getting from civil rights leaders and…

As a Soviet leader he was different from past leaders. For one, he was younger than any past Soviet Leader when he came to power. Not only that, but as reforms were different as well. His policies and reforms focus on openness and democratisation of the Soviet Union with a more open market. This was different from Stalin who has been the leader of the Soviet Union during the start of the Cold War because the Stalin’s policies exercise control and took…

The Cold War had a very influencing impact on several different events that occurred in our society as a whole. Many antagonist beliefs occurred during this war because the Soviet Union practiced communism and authoritarianism while the Americans believed in capitalism and democracy. These two ruling supremacies worked together but also had a continuous conflict after the conclusion of WWII. The Soviet leader was Josef Stalin. Stalin was seen as another “Hitler” for intention to control all…