"The cold war was the inevitable global conflict between capitalism and communism" Since 1945 to 1991 the world faced a non-violent war know as the Cold War. ... Lets start to analyze the facts that may let to assure as that the Cold War was an inevitable global conflict between capitalism and communism. To begin with, The Cold War was a struggle between conflicting universal values. ... The obvious conflict of ideas and obstinate nature of those who defended them were the driving force behind the Cold War. ... If both sides had accepted these new spheres of influence, a cold war might n...

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The cold war started before the World War had ended. ... They had requested much money from America to help defer war costs. ... The soviets were very stubborn during the end of the war, and the period following it. ... The Cold War was now at hand. The main causes of the cold war were fear and greed. ...

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The Cold War is something that everyone has heard about yet most of us have no clue what the war was really about or why it was started or for that fact who even won the war. The Cold War involved just about the whole world but mainly the United States and Russia. ... Germany is also another place of conflict during the Cold War. ... "The dominoes fall in the Cold War" (CNN). ... In conclusion, no one won nor lost the Cold War. ...

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The aim of this essay is to evaluate the importance of the ideological differences in the outbreak of the Cold War. The Cold War begins with the end of the Second World War (WWII) in 1945, when the world was left crippled and needed to be reconstructed in some manner. ... To a certain extent ideology can be seen as the driving force behind the outbreak of the Cold War. ... Secretary of State), define the Cold War as a battle between the superpowers for supremacy in ways of thinking. ... It can also be argued, however, that 'expansionism' and self interest were the reasons why the Co...

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The Cold War was a war that literally wasn't your typical war. ... The Cold War was a big arms race that was started after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR or modern day Russia). ... The Cold War was a real complicated war because it was more a fight about ideology, Democracy and Communism. ... The international level, at first had no effect in the Cold War, no other country or any international organization like the United Nations got involved in the Cold War. ... The most important levels of analysis in the origins of the Cold War would have to be th...

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Cuba was affected socially by the cold war. ... " Guatemala was affected politically by the Cold War. ... Guatemala was thus affected politically by the Cold War. ... " Guatemala was economically affected by the Cold War. ... Guatemala was economically affected by the Cold War. ...

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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. Many people say that the Cold War really began with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech where he described an "Iron Curtain" which was an imaginary line that separated the East and the West. ... 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 nuc...

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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. ... Our soldiers were sent to keep peace while negotiating was happening in areas where war hadn't broken out yet. ... We do have nuclear power, just no weapons, as we side on America for the weapons...

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Cold War - The Changing Relationship of the Superpowers The United States and Soviet Union, the single most important rivalry of the twentieth century, started as a partnership. ... The entire world was watching as the Cold War went from moments of détente, to hours at the brink of world war three. ... Stalin was now afraid that the United States would one-day force capitalist ideas upon Mother Russia, until the most intriguing aspect of the cold war came along, spies. ... The highest point of tension during the entire Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... The cold war also ...

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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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The Cold War A war that has created controversy amongst two of the greatest world leaders, United States of America and The Soviet Union, is known as The Cold War. ... The Cold War began after the collapse of Germany in May 1945(http://www.coldwar.org/indexrus.html). The creation of the cold war came from the disagreements for postwar Europe and the Far East. ... The most visible part of the cold war was the arms race. ... Another way to prevent the Cold War from happening was when Hitler broke the treaty between Russia and Germany. ...

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Cold War, a term used for the period of tense relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, stretching from the late 1940s to the late 1980s when Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe and the USSR ceased to exist. The two superpowers faced each other as leaders of conflicting political, economic and ideological alliances; became engaged in a nuclear arms race; and fought surrogate wars with each other in various locations in the Third World, from Korean, to Cuba and to Afghanistan. ... Another main reason was that there was a long history of mistrust between the two countries The ...

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The United States and the Soviet Union were equal in power and were on the brink of a nuclear war. ... War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. ... The Korean war was a tremendous part of The Cold War. This war would eventually lead to a stalemate and reach a cease fire. ... The events of The Cold War along with the fight against Communism were set in motion to preserve the liberties and freedoms of everyone in the world, which American's so highly value....

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The Start of the Cold War The Cold War was a long drawn out conflict that began in 1947 between the Soviet Union and the United States. ... Truman were huge contributors to the Cold war. ... Churchill (1874-1965) delivered his Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, this speech was notable as the beginning of the Cold War. ... Joseph Stalin was the ruler of the U.S.SR from 1929-1953 and in charge of Soviet policies during the early phase of the Cold War. ... Roosevelt's after his death and became the thirty-third President he two like Stalin and Churchill wa...

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The United States supported their view in the war in many different ways. They had many of the United States top leaders and speakers discuss everything the United States did during the cold war. ... The Soviet Union too supported its non capitalist view during the cold war. ... He also added capitalism would find its grave in another world war, if their was one. ... Therefore the United States and the Soviet Union both backed up their views in the war with words and with actions, and because of the different views in Government the world had the longest war ever in its history. ...

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Some historians claim that Cold War ended after the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... Indeed, the two superpowers decided to "warm up" the Cold War between them. ... Thus, SALTs failed to stop the Arms Race and therefore - the Cold War. Therefore, we cannot say that the Cold War ended after the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... The Cold War continued to escalate until the USSR collapsed in 1991. ...

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Winston Churchill warned that an "Iron Curtain" was descending the middle of Europe, the Cold War began. (Cold War) Once allies against Hitler, the Soviet Union and the United States confront each other at the end of WWII. (A Summary of the Cold War) The cold war was only a period of competition between countries. ... The Cold War held military peace in Europe for almost 50 years. ... (The Revolution of 1956) Hungary in 1956 seemed to sum up all that the Cold War stood for. ...

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At the inception of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was on the verge of amassing a great deal of power, and it was this possibility that frightened the United States and brought about the Cold War. ... Overall, each step that the Soviet Union took to strengthen its power and the power of the Communist party was viewed as an act of aggression, and there are many historians who strongly believe that the Soviets were at fault in the instigation of the Cold War due to these immense acts of aggression. The period in the United States following World War 2 could more aptly be named American Hysteria ...

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These were the beginnings of the Cold War, and this essay will explain the origins of it and will attempt to reach a conclusion of which nation- Russia or America- was to blame for the outbreak of this war that lasted for nearly five decades. ... Another cause of the Cold War is the changing of Presidents in America. ... The final origin of the Cold War was the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, by the Americans. ... For decades the Cold War between Russia and America polarized the world, forcing countries to choose between the ideals of communism and cap...

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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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Once the second World War had ended, the U.S and Soviet Union had no further need for an alliance. ... Growing distance between the two nations leaders and confrontational policies lead to a heightening of tensions and ultimately resulted in the era of uncertainty and conflict known as the Cold War. ... Proxy wars were wars fought in support of countries that represented their respective political interests. ... This shows how the Soviets actions increased and led to the escalation of the cold war. Overall the Soviet Union was to blame for the escalation of the cold war due to their its expan...

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The Cold War could be referred to as the "battle of ideas" because they never had an actual declared winner. ... This was one of the causes of the Cold War. ... Eventually the countries went to war. ... The largest bomb uses in the Cold War was about six to ten tons. ... Nobody really knows how the war ended or who won. ...

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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 new policy meant that the USSR was prepared to live together with USA in peace, instead of the constant threat of another world war. 2. ... The treaties were signed to show that they are friendly, but the number of war heads they had could still destroy the whole world. 4. ... The Russian economy wasn't good before the war and it just made it even worse. ... Also the war had made issues in Eastern Europe less important. President Reagan came in power in the 1980's and he decided to not to continue the policies of the Detent which made no true progress, and he believed that the ...

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The Cold War is a good example of the United States working with others in order to protect against the spread of communism. It was called The Cold War because there wasn't ever an actual face to face conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (New World Encyclopedia). Do you think the policies of the United States were justified during the Cold War? The foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War had support due to the direct conflict of goals of the U.S. and how the spread of communism could prove dangerous for Americans. ... Cold War policies due to the fear...

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