Lessons of the Cold War The Cold War, as defined by the Collins English Dictionary, is “a state of political hostility and military tension between two countries or power blocs, involving propaganda, subversion, threats, economic sanctions, and other measures short of open warfare, esp[ecially] that between the American and Soviet blocs after World War II.” This war, or lack there of, was the result of the United States and the USSR’s distrust of each others values, particularly communism versus democracy. “In diplomatic terms there are three types of war.” (Trueman) A hot war, a warm war, and a cold war. A hot war, is a war in which there is actual fighting. A warm war, is where there is actual talk of fighting. And a cold war, which is…
Question Number 2: The Cold War was the battle between two of the world’s strongest powers, the USA and the USSR. It began in 1947 after the end of World War II and until the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26 of 1991. The cold war started for a list of reasons; American fear of communist attack, USSR’s fear of American attack, Stalin’s dislike by President Truman, USSR’s fear of the US’s atomic bomb, USSR’s disagreement of capitalism and aim to spread world communism, USSR’s acts in…
The Cold War occurred after the traumatic events of World War 2, that lasted almost 50 years, beginning in 1945 and lasting through 1991. Even though, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies during World War 2, political tensions arose between the two nations that resulted in the production of nuclear weaponry, space race, and wars against communism that led to positive results such as improved space technology, defensive weapons, and end of communism to several countries. When World…
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 during the years 1945 and 1991 between the United States and the Soviet Union. It is known as the cold war because it never turned “hot,” which means that there was never any actual fighting between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. During these years, many important things happened, many things were invented, and World War III almost happened on many different occasions. On March 5, 1946, Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech which, essentially, kick-started…
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…
Fukuyama and Huntington both have different views on the global structure of the world. Specifically, after the cold war has ended and how to view the world afterwards. Fukuyama views the end of the cold was as the end of history with Liberal Democracy as the last form of government whereas Huntington views the end of the Cold war as the beginning of the war of culture especially with regards to a war of culture over religion and common identity. Therefore, Fukyuma’s work seems to conclude in…
The Cold War was a rivalry that played between the USSR (Soviet Union) and the US that had global effects. It was defined by tensions, hostilities, and confrontation between the two nations. The beginning of the war is seen due to the dividing of Germany. With the Allies taking Western Germany and Western Europe, and the Soviets taking Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe, all occurring 1946. So once can see that the world is divided into two, each with their differing ideology. This is also knows…
The Cold War is period where “conflict [arose] over ideological differences [...] the ideological conflicts between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR for short--during the second half of the 20th century.” After the second World War both the United States and the USSR viewed this as a moment of weakness on a global scale. On one hand, we see the USSR is wanting to expand their communist ideology on other nations, while the United States wanting to protect the…
The cold war was never a good idea. There was no point point to the whole issue as no one gained anything from the proxy wars. There were a lot of things happening during the Cold War that could have been evaded. The Cold War had two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, went head to head with each other. The Soviet Union was trying to influence the spread the idea of Communism to other countries like Korea and Vietnam. The United States opposed communism and attempted to…