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-The aftermath of the Cold War was a recent and a very important period of time in history for the development of the countries. In this period of time the political relationships of the countries in the world were not having their best confidence moment at all. A lot of spying was going on during those years. The two biggest powers( U.S.A and the Soviet Union) were having that information battle that we cannot know a lot more about it. The aftermath of this war determined the stability…

President Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States on April 12, 1945 after Franklin D. Roosevelt died from a cerebral hemorrhage. Truman, being thrust into a position that carries a lot of weight, was given the power to decide how the U.S. would operate with other countries. Some of Truman’s decisions like fighting against communism by manking the Truman Dcotrine and laying an anti-communism bedrock for foreign policy, trying to stop the expansion of the USSR and Manipulating…

The arrangement of division was important to separate between the Soviet Union and the countries that supported majority rule government. The Western Bloc was an episode that included global approach creators and hence, brought about America at the end of the day turning into the Policeman of the world (Solomon, 2011). North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or all the more normally eluded as NATO, is a…

affected the outcome of specific political events. The Berlin Wall can be seen as a symbol of the dispute of a city. On a larger scale a symbol of the United States and the capitalist-democratic west and the Soviet Union and its allies with the Communist bloc of nations. The Berlin Wall was and is a powerful representation of the Cold War (1945-1961). Between 1949 and 1961, millions of East Germans fled to West Berlin in order to escape the Communist occupation. Fearing the mass emigration of…

As explained in The World in the Twentieth Century from Empires to Nations, Daniel Bowers and Thomas Sanders, after the Second World War, there was much recovering a rebuilding to be done with lives, human relations, and economic and political institutions, and much of this was felt through Europe. When the power left in Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union began reordering the European relations. In Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union began reconstructing based on the goals of the Moscow…

As all governments and nations work to remove trade barriers and create greater trading opportunities, the school of thought has been global trade liberalization and/or regional free trade agreements. While economists and politicians have argued on both sides of this issue, there has yet to be a consensus on the most optimal arrangements. This is a complex and multifaceted question which requires finesse and cooperation among nations and globally. Presented is an analysis of regional free…

A fortified border which spans 155 kilometers separates east and west, communism and democracy, and repression from freedom (Walled In: Germany’s Inner Border). This barrier is known to many as The Berlin Wall. It became a significant symbol that represented all of those things depending on which side of the wall you were on. The events leading up to the building and destruction of the wall were very important to not only the Germans, but also to the whole world. The wall itself was a very…

Chapter 28 “The Cold War” Notes I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLD WAR The Confrontation of the Superpowers Was an argument between Soviet and American ideologies over what would be a secure political arrangement of peoples and nations in the aftermath of WW II The first area of disagreement of theeee Cold War was Eastern Europe One factor that helped start the Cold War in Eastern Europe was Stalin’s want to employ for-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a…

The end of World War II left the US, Britain, Russia, and the rest of the Allied Powers to decide the fate of Germany and Japan. Reaching consensus among the Allies was not an easy task. The US and Britain had extremely different ideological values from the USSR, which would prove disadvantageous in the nations’ hopes for maintaining positive relations. Without a common goal to defeat Germany, the US and the USSR began to clash. Within only a few years of the completion of World War II, the Cold…

Long Telegrams Paper In a series of correspondences known as the Long Telegrams of 1946 an ambassador of the United States and an ambassador of the Soviet Union state their interpretations of the current international situation back to their governments. Both sides are biased not only from their nationality, but also their individual ideologies. Nevertheless, the Long Telegrams serve as a useful reference for crafting a better understanding of the turbulent Cold War era and the beliefs that…