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    Superpowers: The Cold War

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    The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1947 to 1991. While there were no direct military operations or battles between the two, billions of dollars were used to fund the war and millions of lives were lost. Following WWII, the United States was attempting to prevent the spread of the USSR’s Communist power in Africa, Asia, and the rest of Europe. Americans viewed communism as a threat to democratic freedom. Diverse theaters such as Korea,…

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    Fix 25, April 2016 Analytical Paper II The Cold War had a major influence in international affairs. It was a continuous competition mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union. Arne Westad argues that “the Cold War was a continuation of colonialism through slightly different means” (Westad, 396). I believe this statement is a description of World War II’s colonialism ways transitioning onto another international conflict; the Cold War. The Cold War began as a disagreement between the…

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    to unify Germany, especially the United States and the Soviet Union because the Cold War had just begun. The U.S. was afraid that if they gave in then communism would spread. At the time, leader of East Germany, Walter Ulbricht, wanted to stay in power and have a Soviet style economy, which is why the USSR refused to give in. Finding an answer to the German Question would be one of the driving factors behind the Cold War. One of the results would…

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    How far was America’s policy towards Vietnam wholly explicable by Cold War logic Table of Contents 1. Background of cold war: 2 2. Events and American policies during war: 2 3. Republic of Vietnam: 3 4. United States involvement in Vietnam: 3 5. Logic Of Cold War: 4 6. U.S. – Vietnam Relations: 4 7. Normalization of U.S. – Vietnam Relations: 4 8. Conclusion: 5 9. References: 6 1. Background of cold war: After World War I America has become in power and gradually…

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    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…

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    Before The Cold War

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    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…

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    Cold War Tragedy

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    foreign policy. As for the nature of human beings, we tend to believe that the United States in our hero and this has been reflected our character throughout the years to other countries. William Appleman felt that the Cold War was a true tragedy of American history,” The end of the Cold War has obliged most of us to jettison any number of clichés, orthodoxies and long-cherished pearls of conventional wisdom; in this sense, we are all…

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    Rivalry: The Cold War

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    The Cold War was a rivalry that developed after World War II between the U.S., the Allies, and the Soviet Union. It started when the Soviets instilled left-wing governments in the eastern countries of Europe that had been liberated by the Red Army. The Americans and their allies feared that communist rule would influence the Eastern parts of Europe and come to power in democratic countries. During this conflict, the U.S. and the USSR began developing missiles that could reach each continent if…

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    Cold War DBQ

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    was the most responsible for the Cold War because of their aggressive actions in Eastern Europe, the Iron Curtain speech, and the Yalta Conference. The Soviets placed communist governments in Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and they did that because according to George F. Kennan’s Long Telegram, “Russians have insecurity and fear of foreign penetration.” Russia was also freaked out ( so was the rest of the world) by the U.S’s atomic bomb. More causes of the Cold War were the spheres of…

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    Cold War DBQ

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    Without America’s involvement the results would have been drastically different. Post WWII America became one of the most influential countries of the time and got into a power struggle with the Soviet Union. This struggle would be known as the Cold War. The Cold War changed a lot of attitudes and put the world on edge. At home the country had its own power struggles between race and the threat of…

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