The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ... During World War II, Russia and the U.S had always had to be allies and work closely together, in order to be successful in a common goal: the defeat of Nazi occupation throughout the war. ... Pg. 39) As the great depression was classed as a cause of World War II and as the depression was caused by capitalism, people thought capitalism may be a cause of a possible next World W...

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This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... In 1963 sides were beginning to form for the war. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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To follow from that, what happened fifty- six years ago - the end of World War II. ... A New World was the phoenix that emerged out of the ashes and smoke of World War II, a world where two large and colossal countries were bitter adversaries, both with nuclear weapons. ... West Germany historically Europe's industrial hub had to be rebuilt as a buffer against Soviet expansion; European fears of their World War II foe would lessen only if the Germans were integrated into a larger Europe. ... Prior to World War II, the US followed a policy of "isolationism", whereby the U.S refused to inte...

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This war was a war that they fought in their minds and in their hearts. ... The veterans of World War II spent weeks or in extreme cases even months with their respective units returning on ships, or planes from all over the world. ... One important fact about the Vietnam War was that it was America's first true integrated war. Women have fought in all of America's wars, even though it might have been unofficial in some of the earliest wars. ... In World War II and almost every other war in United States military history, our military was ...

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Prior to the 1960s, war films did well at the box-office. ... However, the Vietnam War failed to provide the same stories of struggle and bravery that made films about World War I and World War II successful because the conflict lacked clear objectives and easily identified enemies. ... However, a film can be an excellent movie in spite of its use of myths and inaccuracies about the war and the soldiers. ... Nick ultimately loses the game, metaphorically illustrating a death due to his experiences in the war. Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 release, Apocalypse Now, is another Vietnam War f...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... During World War II for the US economy were truly "golden": with the beginning of military operations from Europe to America poured a huge flow of capital greatly stimulated its economic growth. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 th...

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Wars have been won. Wars have been lost. ... The Korean War can be divided into three phases. ... Vietnam The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1964 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos, and in bombing runs over North Vietnam. ... The war left Afghanistan with severe political, economic, and ecological problems. ...

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Although not technically a declared war, it was the longest conflict in the United States history. ... It was the first war televised, making people more aware of what was happening overseas. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... With the Cold War, the United States had promised to keep communism from spreading. ... The bigger issue was the Cold War. ...

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These two countries became the strongest super powers after World War II and paraded their strength using the threat of nuclear weapons which came to a head in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, a memorable date for those at the time who waited in the fear that their way of life could be obliterated forever. ... When India tested a nuclear explosion, Pakistan answered immediately with a test resembling an almost Cold War standoff. ... If a radical group with a hatred of the Indian government were to take power, an all-out war would be imminent, possibly nuclear. ... -USSR nuclear deterr...

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The origins of the Cold War can be traced to conclusion of World War II and the disagreements between the USSR and the Western Powers. ... The communist ideology and the western reaction to it had not changed by the end of the World War II. ... Events before, and after the war, as well as conflicting ideologies and the U.S. military involvement in Japan as well as the prevailing military reality resulted in the inability of the Great Powers to solve those conflicts and led to the Cold War. ... Western allies during the First World War sent in arms and troops to support the White army to de...

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This essay seeks to examine the political relations between the leaders of Britain, the United States of America and the Soviet Union during and immediately following World War II. ... The question of a second front during World War II laid the foundation for this mistrust. ... A root cause of this mistrust began during the Second World War. ... He questioned the commitment of his allies to the war effort and inquired if Britains troops were simply afraid of facing the German army. ... Though the Second World War was primarily a war for fascist world conquest, it had also developed into a grea...

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Nixon "I don't see why we need some fancy French word in dealing with the Russians; we already have a word for it- Cold War.... Prior to Détente and the Nixon Administration, the American foreign policy that predominated during the Cold War was the strategy of containment. ... The Vietnam War had a deep impact on the United States' application of foreign policy, especially, relative to its relationship to the Russians. ... Secondly, certain facets of the war raised questions about the moral self-righteousness that had previously sustained American policy all through the p...

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Russia and the United States were allies during World War II, but soon after they became enemies. ... The Cold War between Russia and the U.S. had many causes. The Nuclear arms race, covert operations, and the Korean War all played rolls in the tension which led to the Cold War. ... Much of Berlin was left in ruins from the war. ... The Korean War was a major cause of the Cold War. ...

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The two options for the United States to win the war were to continue the naval blockade and invade the mainland, or to drop the new, highly destructive atomic bombs. ... Japan was struck hard by the war, which pushed the nation to the verge of collapse even without the bombs. ... Without the use of the atomic bomb, who knows how long the Pacific War would have continued, bringing a large death toll with it. ... There is still the fact that Japan brought the U.S. into the Pacific War and WWII by using unnecessary hostile force on the American homeland. ... This correlates to the fact that ever...

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Worth noting is the fact that after the World War II, there are various factors that offered a comprehensive platform that enhanced entry of immigrants into the United States. One of the most comprehensive factors that enhanced entry into the United States is the policies that were set after that Second World War. The 1965 Immigration Act of the United States occurs as one of the most comprehensive policies enacted after the World War II, which made it easy for immigrants to enter into the United States. ... Despite the fact that the above connoted act was in favour of immigrants displaced by ...

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A number of miscalculations, however, along with the strain of continuing the war with Germany, paved the way for a Bolshevik coup in November of 1917. ... After the war, the Bolsheviks renamed themselves the Communist Party, and declared Russia the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ... Meanwhile, World War II was fast approaching. ... But he wanted to avoid war at all costs, and in 1939 he signed the Nazi- Soviet Pact, which pledged that the two dictatorships would not attack one another, and granted Stalin permission to take over the Baltic States and eastern Poland, and prosecute a war i...

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After making the decision to end World War II by dropping to atomic bombs on Japan, Truman entered a period of time that he would not even out last. ... To begin to talk about life after the end of War World II without discussing the war in detail may due it some injustice, but after all it is only a fifteen page paper. ... The Cold War, which essentially began in 1945 after the end of WW II, has been analyzed and over analyzed. ... The one thing according to Shlaim that Truman was weary of was war over Berlin. ... Not long after the Berlin Crisis and the possible war that could have de...

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Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendous technological advances as well as, drastic social changes throughout the world and especially within the United States. ... The 1950's began with the first armed conflict of the Cold War, that is, the Korean War. ... This reversed the liberal trend of the Roosevelt and Truman period (1932-1952) This victory for the Republicans, which pl...

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After the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a fierce war, one without fighting, however. Called the Cold War, this war was fought on the political stage instead of the battlefield. The United States and the Soviet Union never actually went to war; in fact, they were actually allies against Germany during World War II. However, after the war ended, the Soviet Union and the United States became bitter enemies again, much like they were before the war. This "cold war," as it was called, lasted until the 1990's when the Soviet Union finally fell. ...

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The age of nuclear weapons really began when the U.S. used two atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II. ... This is where the Cold War comes into the picture. ... The U.S. entered into the war on South Korea's side and this action brought China into the war. ... With the Cold War and the threat of nuclear war, people saw a need to limit the spread of nuclear weapons. ... The independence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, based in the north, was announced on September 9, 1948 with Kim II Sung as their leader . ...

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Germany was responsible for the start of World War II and they were partially responsible for the start of World War I. ... When it was all said and done Germany was held responsible for the war and was required to pay for the war, an amount that came to $33 billion dollars. ... The question of war reparations came about as well. ... War criminals were sought after and rounded up for trial. ... They had Hitler during the war and then in the post war Eastern Germany had Stalin in charge. ...

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Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. ... Stalin argued strongly for the continuation of the war and for cooperation with the Provisional Government. ... Stalin had initially argued against the treaty, agreeing with Trotsky that Russia could declare itself withdrawn from the war without having to sign any sort of diplomatic agreement. ... Russia was in the midst of a civil war between the Bolsheviks and a number of opponents (including a considerable number of foreign cadres--among ...

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The league was based on a new concept: collective security against the "criminal" threat of war. ... In 1918, as one of his Fourteen Points summarizing Allied aims in World War I, United States president Woodrow Wilson presented a plan for a general association of nations. ... The covenant was formulated as part of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I, in 1919. ... Cold War: The cold war is the post-1945 struggle between the United States and its allies and the group of nations led by the Soviet Union. ... The two countries fought against Germany during World War II, but this a...

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A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. ... Just like the Soviet Union, the economy in East Germany was struggling to get back on its feet after the war. ... At the brink of nuclear war, the United States and the Soviet Union reached a deadlock, but the Berlin Wall remained, representing the remaining Cold War related tension between the two countries. ... The collapse of the Berlin Wall signified the true end of the Cold War and its terrifying era. The Cold War was coming to a gradual...

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It was an urgently needed child of a world that very nearly did reach the brink of annihilation during the Second World War. In 1941, during the height of the war, U.S. ... "After World War I, the League of Nations was formed, and after World War II, the United Nations. ... We had better not wait for World War Three before seeking to make the U.N. more effective."" ... s various subsidiary organizations may be advantageous in preventing these potential wars through...

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