Cold War

Before the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union disagreed on almost every political and economic issues. From communism and nuclear weapons to the space race there was not a lot that the two sides agreed on. The Cold War occurred because of political tension and differences between the US and the USSR. The Cold War was given its name because of how the war was fought ("Military."). The Cold War was fought indirectly. This means that when the war took place, the US and the USSR did not…

Was the cold war truly one unified war, or was it simply two wars under the same alias of “Cold War”? After World War Two, the Cold War developed into a war in Europe and Asia that was fought between two ideologies, democracy and communism. Although the Cold War was essentially one war, there were many similarities and differences between the Cold War in Asia and in Europe. In both regions the Cold War divided nations through democracy and communism. Also, the United States’ containment…

The Cold War was a state of political tension between the Eastern bloc (Soviet Union and its allies) and the Western bloc (US and its NATO allies). The war took place after the 2nd world war. The war involved indirect fight between the two blocs. The major wars during the cold war were witnessed in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Korea which the two blocs supported. The Cold War led to the emergence of capitalist U.S. and communist USSR as the two world superpowers with profound political and economic…

Many people believe that the bombing of Nagasaki was used to save lives and to end World War 2 as soon as possible. I believe that the bombing of Nagasaki did not begin the Cold War. The Cold War was caused by tension between the USSR and the United States. Each side would influence ally countries with their politics, ideology and economic trade. Both superpowers veiled a threat of conventional weapon superiority all the while holding the world hostage as both countries risked world nuclear…

The Cold War was a tenses time between two types of government’s capitalists and Communisms. The Cold War stated after World war 11 when the Soviet Union turn many eastern European counties to communisms. The Cold War was also between the two superpowers that derived from World War 11 the United States and the USSR. The Cold War official started at the meeting of Yalta. The tensions of the Cold War started when the Soviets sent troops to berlin and block all roads to berlin. There might…

The Cold War of 1947 created a tumultuous period between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (U.S.S.R.). After World War II, both America and the Soviets suffered through political disputes, and communism in their nation. The Yalta became the cornerstone of tensions between U.S. and U.S.S.R. as it shaped the Cold War. The Yalta Conference of February of 1945 highlighted distrust between the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union (Kennedy 867). The…

Introduction The access to new primary sources in China and the nations of the former Soviet Union has amplified the research on the history of the Cold War. The conventional perspective of the Cold War maintains that the war started as a result of the ideologically motivated expansionism of the Soviet Union and the relative slowness of the US to respond to the global threat coming from Kremlin (McCauley).McCauley and Leffler suggest that the present state of research enables us to comprehend…

The Cold War was developed after World War II, a series of years that intensified military and political differences between the United States, Soviet Union, and their allies. Both global influences connected a range of challenges against each other, including military strategy and proxy wars in smaller countries to expand their concepts of principles. In the end, the economic facet of capitalism won out and the Soviet Union collapsed. The War on Terror began September 11, 2001, after a…

the Cold War remains a fervently debated topic in political science. Disagreements in this study of the Cold War largely stem from questioning what factors contributed, an in to degree, to ending the Cold War. To answer these questions, it proves necessary to examine just what exactly was the Cold War, along with when did it end, as we attempt to better understand its conclusion. During this analysis, we discover one of the main disagreements over what factors led to the end of the Cold War,…

What was the Cold War and how did it start? “When Ivan meets G.I. Joe” ~Joe Strummer, The Clash The Cold War described in the simplest way was the intense ideological conflict between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, with each side vying for dominance and exploiting any opportunity for expansion. In reality it involved the Western Bloc, which included the United States and its NATO allies, pitted against the Eastern Bloc, the Soviet Union and its allies in…