Cold War

The cold war was a fierce war between two conflicting ideologies. On one side you had the US and its allies, and on the other side you had the Soviet Union and its allies. It seemed pretty straightforward until you realize there was a 3rd faction. These were the group of countries that were not close allies of either nation. Both sides tried their hardest to spread their ideology and systems throughout the world. This essay will be focus on the US during the Cold War and how they overthrew and…

“As the Dust Settles” The Cold War (1945-1963) was fought heavily through propaganda, espionage (spying) and politics, and was the closest history has ever been to a nuclear war. Both, the United States and the Soviet Union possessed roughly equal amounts of nuclear weapons, which were not discharged out of fear of a returned attack at equal or greater intensity. Canada played a moderate role in the Cold War in the sense that, Canada was not considered a superpower, but as a middle power. The…

7. The Cold War, between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for about 45 years. The United States, which was involved in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO was a defense team against the Soviet Union, which was involved in the Warsaw Pact. During the final few months of World War II, tensions rose between the two rivalry countries. In the United States, president Truman coming into office and their ownership of the atomic bomb, raised more tension between the United…

Many wars, rebellions, and revolutions have shaped the United States of America into what it is today. But no war, some historians argue, shaped this country so much as the Cold War. Being one of the longest wars in the United States ' history, it spanned from approximately 1947 to 1991*, a total of 44 years. It wasn 't a particularly common war, where the two opposing sides attack each other directly. It was a war fought with pawns and threats, with destruction and the manipulation of nations,…

The effects of the Cold War, fear of the Soviet Union, and fear of a nuclear apocalypse, shaped US politics, policy, and culture from 1945-1960. No sooner was World War II and America and Russia’s wartime alliance dissolved, than tensions began to rise. The danger of the Cold War turning hot factored into every decision made in the US government, and plagued of thoughts of every american citizen. Although there was doubtless a lot of fear-mongering by Washington politicians, such as Joseph…

the atomic bomb consisted in a single act: I signed a letter to President Roosevelt” (On the Abolition of the Threat of War). After World War II, the alliance between the two massive powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, had become rocky. Their distrust of each other had caused the beginning of the Cold War. Although it was just a series of disagreements, the Cold War was a very dangerous time period for the entire world. Because of the looming threat of atomic destruction, the two…

States (US) during the Cold War. During the WWII, the US, Britain, Germany and the USSR were all engaged in scientific research to develop the atomic bomb.(US Department of state office of the historian,n.d) The development of the nuclear weapon by US through the Manhattan Project in 1942 and follow up of Soviet’s successful test of nuclear weapon soon after is a major contributing factor of such high tension and precarious 45 years.As the allies nigh onto the end of the World War II, USSR and…

During the time, World War II had ended and the Jews were liberated from the vial concentration camps, countries are presented with the Marshall Plan, America helping to aid the destroyed and helpless countries, and after everyone is happy the tension between two countries led to what is know as The Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union had apparent differences that led to competition and conflict. But this particular battle wasn’t fought with giant missiles or enclosed deals to…

201405247 Why did a Cold War develop in Europe after 1945? During 1946, relations between the Soviet Union and the United States began to decline. By the following year, a ‘Cold War’ had broken out which was to become the characteristic feature of East-West relations for the next two decades with the world divided in to two camps; the capitalist Americans and the communist Soviets. The Yalta and Potsdam conferences were held in 1945 to negotiate terms for the end of World War Two, after the…

Cuba played a large role in the Cold War between the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Bay of Pigs, occurring in 1961, was prompted after Fidel Castro overtook a American supported president of Havana. The invasion was poorly planned and due to the small numbers, the troops fighting for America were defeated after twenty-four hours. America had initially gotten into this predicament because while they did not believe that Fidel Castro was a real threat, they believed that…