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    The Cold War, a war not of physical combat but everything else, a war between capitalism and communism, a war like the many before it, bears with it shortcomings along with merits. This war made both sides tense and paranoid. President Truman would introduce his famous Truman Doctrine, which would confirm the paranoia against the communist regime. Which in turn angered neighboring nations, The kremlin, and select few Americans. The war caused the two superpowers to set their sights to the stars…

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    1. Harry Truman a. Harry Truman was president during the Cold War. He had a hand in preventing the spread of Communism to other countries. Truman saw that, with the Iron Curtain dividing Europe in half, communism would spread quickly and what he wanted to do was help countries that were threatened by Communism and this is what the Truman Doctrine consisted of. He asked Congress for 40 million dollars to fund Greece and Turkey, who were threatened by Communism at the time. He figured that if we…

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    Cold War Foreign Policy Three presidents had choices on how to deal with communism but Truman and Eisenhower decided to use the containment policy on the other hand Kennedy, he used flexible response. Communism was a big factor in the late 1950’s. Since the U.S. is scared of communism spreading people created ways to stop the spread. The “Containment Policy” was made by George F. Kennan to stop the spread of communism. Kennan did this by giving economic aid to Greece and Turkey. To help…

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    Throughout the cold war, the intelligence policy has been characterised by a certain degree of continuity throughout the different administrations. The first President to remove a Director of Central Intelligence in charge in favour of a party-affiliated DCI was President Carter in 1976, who did not confirm the mandate of then DCI Bush. Despite that episode, continuity has profoundly marked the work of the Intelligence, by assuring it a stable structure, endowed with autonomy, and by maintaining…

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    Marxism And The Cold War

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    The Cold War was riddled with international politics and political conflict. Beginning in 1945, the Cold War lasted for approximately 45 years and ended around 1990. During this conflict there were two main contenders; the United States and the Soviet Union. Even though there was no direct campaign between the two contenders, “billions of dollars and millions of lives were lost…” ("The Cold War Erupts", (n.d.)). The Cold War focused largely around the balance of power, globalization, social…

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    Cold War Intervention

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    The intervention of western societies can be seen many time throughout history. This is just the case after the second world war. The idea of “saving” other peoples because they don 't have the same ideas is also something that can be seen many times throughout history. The Cold War is a prime example of both these statements. At a time where rebuild was a necessity and influence from other empires was great, the spread of democracy and communism was heavy. Empires like the US and the USSR were…

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    Cold War Dbq

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    The Cold War The Cold War was a lengthy struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that began in the aftermath of the surrender of Hitler’s Nazi regime. In 1941, Nazi aggression against the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly known as the USSR, turned the Soviet Union into an ally of the Western democracies. But in the post-war world, increasingly divergent viewpoints created rifts between those who had once been allies. The United States of America and the USSR gradually…

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    The cold war alliance was between the Soviet Union and the U.S. but was intensified during the late 1940’s and the early 1950’s. The communists in the U.S. eventually became known as the Red Scare. They were also to referred as “Reds.” Some federal employees were examined to determine they were loyal to the House Un-American Activities Committee. After that, the Red Scare started fading during the 1950's. The Soviet spies and the American government became engaged in a series of economic…

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    The Cold War Essay

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    The cold war was a war between America and its allies and the USSR also known as the Soviet Union. The war never got the point of any battlefield engagements. It lasted from 1947 to 1991 when the Soviet Union broke apart and many nations were formed from the broken alliance. The US and the soviets were neutral to each other until after World War II when both superpowers rose from the ashes of the war an got paranoid of their allies. In 1939 the Soviet Union engages in total war with the Axis.…

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    Cold War Psychology

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    Humans are not the only animal that wages war. Bees; ants; and one of humanity’s closest relatives, chimpanzees, all engage in coordinated attacks against a rival group, usually to gain territory or resources. The predisposition towards violent group-on-group conflict is ingrained into animal psychology. Although animal warfare lacks the deliberation and complex aims of human warfare, it suggests human warfare is a natural part of human psychology. Warfare seems to be inherently psychological…

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