The Cold War was a long drawn out conflict that began in 1947 between the Soviet Union and the United States. The struggle between the two powers had the many parts of the world in disarray. The western nations felt it necessary that the liberated states of Eastern Europe should be re-established with a democracy and a capitalist economy. They believed that these systems were more civilized and less violent than the nationalism of the preceding generations. Russia, under autocratic leader Joseph Stalin, felt that it had a right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. After being invaded by Germany in two consecutive wars, the USSR felt it imperative that buffer states be created to protect the borders of the fatherland. With Communist regimes in place, the nations of Eastern Europe could be controlled by Russia and, by their location, protect it. Conflict between the two opposing victors of World War II was inevitable. Joseph Stalin, Winston S. Churchill and President Harry S. Truman were huge contributors to the Cold war. In the Following the discussion of Stalin's reply to Churchill, Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech, Stalin's and the Truman Doctrine will reflect the thoughts of the three gentlemen.
Britain Prime Minister Winston S. 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. Churchill called the "Iron Curtain" a separation of the European continent into competing political, military, and economic blocs and the area controlled by the Soviet Union. In his speech he speaks that war should not come to pass but it was near due to the tensions flaring between the two. Churchill also expressed that the Russians simply "desire the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines." All in all Churchill feels that there is no need for war.
Cold War The cold war is one of the strangest wars ever. ... Then the Soviet Union started to disintegrate. ... The post-Cold War "new world order" is not, like in the Cold War, dominated by ideology, but by economics. ... Here the war was started by Serbia, and the reasons date back hundreds of years. ... The world has changed because of the cold war. ...
To give a greater understanding about the Cold War, this essay will gives a contrast of the Cold War and the post Cold War Worlds. It will provide some of the causes of the Cold War, the events in the early period and post Cold War, and lastly a contrast of the Cold War and the Post Cold War Worlds. ... It started right after the Second World War. ... This event marked the end of the Second World War but also started a new beginning of a greater tension to the Cold War. ... By study some of the events happen during in the early Cold War can give some contrast between the early Cold War ...
To give a greater understanding about the Cold War, this essay will gives a contrast of the Cold War and the post Cold War Worlds. It will provide some of the causes of the Cold War, the events in the early period and post Cold War, and lastly a contrast of the Cold War and the Post Cold War Worlds. ... It started right after the Second World War. ... This event marked the end of the Second World War but also started a new beginning of a greater tension to the Cold War. ... By study some of the events happen during in the early Cold War can give some contrast between the early Cold War ...
The Cold War did affect the American's way of life. ... The cold war affected all parts of the American society including politics. ... The Red Scare started back a few years before the 1920s and went away relatively for awhile during World War II. ... Another aspect of entertainment influenced by the cold war was music. ... Elvis, though not directly in his songs, was influenced by the Cold War. ...
"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...
The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... Another problem with the Cold war is that because it is a vague term, there is no actual start date to the war. Therefore in this essay, I will discuss the key causes to the beginnings of the war and analyse which one of these causes could be considered as the starting point to the Cold War. In order to describe the causes of the Cold War, it is important to fully understand what the Cold War actually means. The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ...
The Cold War in General The U.S. and Soviet Union were the single most important rivalry of the twentieth century,but their first meeting was as a partnership. ... The entire world had watched as the Cold War went from moments of silenced fear, to hours at the brink of world war III. ... A great change came when in the early 1950's the Soviets started testing their own nuclear weapon. ... Most definately the highest point of tension during the entire Cold War was the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... The actual protection from this possible total war was known as MAD. ...
Others say that the Cold War did not arise until the end of World War Two. ... There were therefore many factors influencing and playing a part in the Cold War. ... Carruthers says that, "indeed one might argue that the Cold War was emerging while the World War was still being fought."" ... While not all agree that the vicious bombings were part of the Cold War, the Cold War mentality is certainly seen in the motivations in the latter part of World War Two. ... The global situation in the post-World War Two time period therefore established the necessary tension for the Cold War to begi...
Therefore, the Truman Doctrine cannot be said as important in causing the start of Cold War. ... How far do you agree that Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War? ... It was responsible for causing the start of the Cold War as the actions taken by the Soviet Union were offensive towards America, hence causing tensions to rise and lead to Cold War. ... Overall, this essay seeks to argue that Soviet aggression was responsible for the start of the Cold War as despite the other factors contributing to the start of the Cold War, Soviet aggression still holds a degree of re...
