Question What role do you think Canada played as a Middle power during the Cold War and how did this shape our relationship in the Global Community? Response After World War II, Canada emerged as a world power, and ended up with a strong sense of pride and nationalism felt by the citizens. Our role as a "middle power" in the cold war shaped our relationship in the global community. ... This is because Canada managed to keep ties with Russia (Soviet Union). ... The most populated countries in the world still traded in Canada. ...

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National security in Canada has proved to be an ideology of a practice that during the 1950's and 60's, had many Canadians skeptical. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was responsible for this skepticism because they had used their power and authority to spy on Canadians. At the time there was much Cold War paranoia about communism and atomic bombs, however this is just an excuse. The RCMP had no right to spy on Canadians. ... Not only was national security made a mockery of by the Canadian government, but what the RCMP did was socially and morally unacceptable to Canadian c...

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The Cold War was a major turning point in history. ... The Cold War wasn't declared in the same sense as most wars, rather it progressed over time which led tension to increase between both nations. ... The West was the United States and their major allies being Canada, France, Britain, and Japan. The War involved the use of expensive resources on both of these sides. ... The most significant turning point in the Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis, tensions between both sides decreased after both sides realized the risk of starting a nuclear war. ...

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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. ... However, countries like the US, Canada, Southern Asia, and Eastern Europe believed strongly in capitalism. ... 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 on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or i...

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After the war, the countryside was battered and broken looking for a reliable government to run them, and economic aid to help the post-war rebuild; which the soviet union was quick to provide as many countries such as Yugoslovakia, Romania, Lithuania, and Bulgaria had already seceded to communistic ideals. ... However, after the financially taxing World War II, Britain was unable to continue such aid, and proceeded to ask for American assistance. ... He argued that a Communist victory in the Greek Civil War would endanger the political stability of Turkey, which would undermine the political ...

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The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crisis of the Cold War, a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western world led by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern hemisphere, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. ... The tensions between the US and USSR rose up and even though there was no act of war, this situation they found themselves in became known as the Cold War. ... It is interesting to point out that the US and the USSR were partner...

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The Vietnam War was a time of sadness for many families across the country. ... Four months before Timmy's 18th birthday, his mother told Timmy that they were selling the house and moving to Canada. She knew that if they lived in Canada he could not get drafted (Surrey 105). ... The sentiment in Canada was not welcoming (Surrey 107). There were already many American resisters, draft dodgers and their families moving to Canada (Surrey 108). ...

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In an attempt to prevent another world war, the United Nations was formed in 1945. ... As events of the Cold War evolved, bringing the world close to nuclear war, the shortcomings of the United Nations became of greater concern to the world community. ... As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began. ... One reason tensions existed between the Soviet Union and the United States was that the East, the Soviet Union principally, was communist, and the West (Canada, the United States, Britain, and their allies) was capitalist "two opposing economic systems seeking global dominance. .....

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JFK- wore wrinkled khaki's to Congress PET- wore sandals to house of commons JFK-Cuban Missle Crisis PET- War Measures Act JFK-Civil Rights Movement-pushed equality on the top of nations agenda PET-Official Languages Act JFK- "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country- inaugural speech PET- "The Government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation- JFK-new level of idealism and activism PET- Charter of Rights and Freedoms, JFK-Televised debate, he won- Radio-Nixon won- awesome speaker, good presence PET-Same thing, used the me...

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The foreign policies of President Eisenhower led to the involvement of the Americans in the Vietnam War, but to a limited extent. The initial involvement of the U.S. in this conflict was based on strategies to ensure a victory in the Cold War. These foreign policies led to an effective involvement in the Vietnam War from an American perspective. ... Two months later in July, foreign ministers of nineteen nations met at Geneva to end the war in Vietnam. ... The agreement also provided for an international control commission, composed of India, Poland, and Canada, which was to supervise the ...

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Additionally, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, which had elevated cold war tensions with the U.S. ... The Russians won four straight gold medals from 1964 to 1976, nearly defeated a team of Canada's top professional players in 1972, and beat several N.H.L. teams. In fact, Canada and Sweden boycotted 1980 Olympic hockey to protest the Soviets retaining their amateur status. ... The U.S. hockey team became national heroes, akin to soldiers returning victorious from World War II. ...

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The areas of ethic conflict were: "Russia (Tatarstan and Chechnya), Ukraine(Crimea), Moldova(Transdnistria), Latvia and Estonia (Russian minorities), Georgia(Abkhazia, South Ossetia), Armenia and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh), Central Asia (Kazakhstan's Russian minority; the Ferghana valley; Tajikistan's civil war)" (www.lse.ac.uk ). ... Canada is the satellite of USA, and USA has never had much trouble with it in history because she did not try to exploit Canada. ... The Cold War and USSR are over. ... The ethnic conflicts had caused great troubles in Bosnia, Kosovo and many place...

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