The Cold war was begun by two groups of people the Russians and the Americans. The post war engagement plays a big part in the cold war as well as the Cuban missile crisis. ... The iron curtain made us believe that the war between us two would be unavoidable and such a war like World War Two would might reoccur. ... The deployment of missiles were the major part of the Cold war. ... The Cold war was played by the United States wisely because in a matter of days we strategically we made the Soviet Union disarm without any harm to the United States. ...

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This feud led to the Cold War which didn't really consist of official battles, but more of disagreements and uncompromisable disputes. ... At the end of World War II, Germany was split into 4 zones controlled by the British in the northwest, French in the west, America in the south, and Soviet Union in the east. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. During the Cold War, Americans were terrified of the Soviet Union and left with no knowledge of whether or not the Soviets would attack the US. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views o...

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The cold war was a long and tense time in American and European history. ... We were also tested in many ways: the Korean and Vietnam wars, the bloody wars for independence in countries such as Indonesia and Angola, and my current topic, the Cuban missile crisis. Of all the situations during the cold war, none of them ranks as high as the missile crisis, in its intensity and proximity. It's quite honestly the closest we got to an actual war in the cold war, and it tested the lines drawn by the two colliding superpowers of the world at that time, the United States and the Soviet Union. ......

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JFK's pragmatic approach in dealing with the USSR led to the outcome of events related to the Cold War in the early 1960's. ... The culture of paranoia during the Cold War should have been enough to at least suggest to the administration that this scenario was possible. ... In fairness to both sides, the Cold War was full of deceptions and misjudgments on both sides. ... The Cold War was essentially a game of "chicken-. ... If the Cold War was a game of "chicken- then JFK was correct to think that the Russians would blockade Berlin in response to the naval blockade. ...

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The Soviet Union would come to declared war on the capitalist nations of the West. ... This cold war rivalry, would soon emerge into a contest to obtain allies. ... The U.S. would come to pay attention to Latin America, that it was supposed to at the beginning of the cold war, and take action to stop the spread of communism. ... Throughout the Cold War era, many Latin American countries were forced to pursue alternative forms of government to deal with the economic, social, and political problems in their countries. ... In my understanding of the cold war situation the U.S. used all means poss...

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With Cuba under new rule the United States has yet another conflict adding to the cause of the cold war.  With Fidel Castro in charge of Cuba, the United States could possible face a closer enemy then before. ... The change of the Cuban Government has yet to play a major part in the cold war. ...

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The US and Soviets are in middle of a heated cold war that will decide whether communism and the USSR will become the lead power in the international community, or whether US hegemony will remain. ... Eventual escalation would then lead us to nuclear war. ... In addition, the arms build up and general escalation of the cold war has placed the US and Soviets in a position with little room for diplomacy. Neither of these nations is ready, at this point and time, to allow diplomacy to bring an end to the cold war that exists between them. ... Soviets are as reluctant to enter into Nuclear war...

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The Cuba Crisis (1962) The developement of the Cold War until the Cuba Crisis (1945 - 1962) After the unconditional (bedingungslos) capitulation of Germany on may 8th 1945 the Cold War between the two power blocks USA and UdSSR started. ... The SU countered warning that every aggression against Cuba would lead to a common war. ... Definitions The Cold War: Name used for the dispute between the East and West block; ideological and propagandist attacks, armament race, avoiding of military conflicts The EX -COMM: Made of 12 advisors which head was the ...

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A great number of changes, both positive and negative, arose as a result of World War II. ... This essay will focus on such effects including the Cold War, the increasing use of weapons of mass destruction, the role of women, the population explosion. ... The dominant negative effect would be The Cold War. ... As a result of this war, both superpowers now had nuclear weapons. ... The space race also fueled this war. ...

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This event, which took place during the cold war era, became known as the Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis was one of the most important conflicts of the cold war period. This was the first time in history that two superpowers had come close to starting a nuclear war . ... After the war, he was in charge of the recovery effort in Ukraine. ... However, it would do so not through war but by demonstrating its superiority to capitalism. ...

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The Cuban missile crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. ... Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, who were brave enough to prevent the war. ... The crisis almost became World War 3 and the 1st nuclear War. ... The main object of the Soviet Union was to modified and balance the atomic weapons displayed in the war, till then inconvenient for the Russ. ... Conclusion The end of the crisis established an advance to the end of the Cold War. ...

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Soviet Union was very much behind the United States in the arms race or the Cold War. ... President Kennedy was able to maintain peace and keep the world from entering into what could possibly have been the very first nuclear war. ...

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The island of Cuba, which is located in the Caribbean's, is a tropical island inhabited by American Indians generally known as the Taino. "Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. The Republic of Cuba consists of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud and many other archipelagos" (Cuba Facts). The distan...

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Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 on a farm in Mayari, Province of Oriente. He attended good Catholic schools in Santiago de Cuba and Havana. In 1945 he enrolled in University of Havana. He graduated with a law degree in 1950. Two years before he graduated, in 1948 Fidel Castro married Mi...

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1) The Cuban Missile Crisis was the Cold War's closest brush with nuclear war. ... In Dec., 1962, Castro released 1,113 captured rebels in exchange for $53 million in food and medicine raised by private donations in the United States. 5) I believe the U.S. got involved in the Vietnam War to keep Communism contained. ...

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The airplane has been used in every major war since World War I. ... Strategic is used to find out information related to the war or mission to gain an advantage. ... With war, came advancements in bomber technology such as self sealing gas tanks. ... During the Cold War Russia and America where having a race on who can design better bombers, as the developed the American B-47 and the Russian Tu-16. ... The F-4 C Phantom II was built between 1958-1979 and has been used during the Vietnam War. ...

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Cuba is a country in the Caribbean islands which its geography impacts the environment in many different ways. Cuba is the most westward island in the Caribbean with its neighbors such as Dominican Republic and Haiti. Cuba is also listed as the largest country in the Caribbean and has a population ...

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