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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…

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 two super powers…

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…

and the British. It is very hard to believe that they were allies because these countries all had different economic visions and they all seeked for control and power. These differences is what cause the dispute, which ended in the Cold War. The main cause for the Cold War was for these allies all having different visions on post-war Europe. This war made us face a lot of deaths, loss of foods, loss of shelter, and a loss of peace. Tensions between the United States, France, and Britain sent…

The only glaring reductions in the cold war occurred at the end of the major wars like descalation for the war in Vietnam before 1973, and decrease in military spending when dress from the cold war to the post-cold war (Sawhney, DiPietro and Anoruo 2007). These reductions were temporary after the 9/11 attacks. The United States military spending escalated, and the country was spending more on the military by 2008, even more than it did during the cold war. In addition, before Iraq invaded Kuwait…

be inherently psychological and not under a person’s conscious control. One example is the Cold War. Natural social psychological phenomenon inflamed the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States in the Cold War, as well as the public opinions of the conflict. The aggressive…

The Cold War is use to describe the tense relationship between the two superpowers after WWII; the US and the Soviet Union. It is a clash of two different ideologies – capitalism and communism. It is the tension between the Soviet’s insistence on security and control in Eastern Europe versus the US and Britian’s desire for open and democratic societies. The Soviet Union was responsible for the cold war for it’s eagerness to spread communism, and it’s rejection towards the Marshall plan and its…

influence other countries to adopt their political views. It was referred to as the Cold War for the fact that these two super powers never fought directly against one another. Conflicts or proxy war such as Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan were attempts to dominate regions with their political influence and each side would soon find out that they created more enemies then allies. During the initial stages of the Cold War propaganda outlets went into over drive trying to portray themselves as the…

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…

The Cold War took place from the end of World War II, in 1945, to 1991, when the Soviet Union fell. It was a prolonged period of tension. The Cold War was not fought like any other war; it was fought through competitions such as the Space Race, Proxy Wars, and Sporting Events. The war was over the spread of communism, the idea the people in a country should share all the wealth and property. The Soviet Union wanted to spread communism throughout the world, but the United States wanted to keep…