Causes Of The Cold War

The Cold War was the rivalry between the two superpowers of the world, The United States and the Soviet Union, this war lasted about 45 years and fought each other indirectly for power and control of the world. This battle began towards the end of the World War II in 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union started noticing their differences and this caused conflict between them.This war was unlike other wars, there was no fighter planes flying over countries dropping bombs, no ground troops,and no deployment of missiles, however there was nuclear weapons being used,plenty of money being spent,propaganda and two powerful enemies against each other like other wars. Who was to blame for this war? The Soviets or the United States? Both made

The Cold War was a state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It was characterized by an arms race particularly in nuclear weaponry. The Soviet Union and the United States were also embroiled in a space race. The American people were afraid of nuclear war and the global spread of communism after World War II. The Eisenhower administration did not address these fears effectively, although he attempted to relieve these concerns.

Post World War II, both the United States and the Soviet Union were fearful of fighting each other directly from fear of nuclear weapons and mass destruction (D. Johnson, P. Murray). Instead, they fought each other by participating in wars on separate parts of the world. Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union constantly fluctuated due to both sides trying to influence political and economic developments around the world (D. Johnson, P. Murray).

As World War II came to its end, agreements among the winning powers began to dissolve. The U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union…had very different views politically, socially, and economically. World War II, which was considered a “hot” war, was followed by the cold war. This war was a conflict primarily between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that persevered throughout much of the postwar period. The ideological differences were mutual distrust. As US was a capitalist country, Americans feared communism and the nuclear arms race were the major

In the later half of the 20th century, the two biggest world powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, were locked in a state of high tension. An official war between the two could destroy the whole world due to the invention of nuclear arms. Instead, America and the Soviet Union fought through other fronts, such as proxy wars, technological races, and economic strength. The Cold War led to the creation of many policies, institutions, and ideals, which fundamentally transformed American foreign policy. However, the Cold War failed to fundamentally transform American life, although it did lead to new movements that changed American life.

Following World War II there was a lot of tension between two of the Allied countries. The United States and the Soviet Union were in a state of political and military tension with each other. Opposing ideologies on how to deal with the world’s affairs post World War II fueled this rivalry but there was always a tension between the two countries. World War II, with its common goal, brought these two countries together as allies. With Hitler and the Nazis threating their way of living these two countries, along with others such as Britain, worked together to defeat this threat. Along with this common enemy, the two countries during the World War II period were able to put their differences behind them and work together to try and defeat Hitler. With there success, soon after there common goals quickly diminished and without such a bitter rivalry started. It can be said that the Cold War wasn’t only inevitable following World War II, but that World War II also delayed the rivalry that would follow between the United States and Soviet Union.

Soon after the end of the World War Two (WW II), a new period of tensions began in the world with once again Europe at the very heart of the tensions. It was the Cold War. It “was a state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact). It “split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences: the former being a single-party Marxist–Leninist state, and the latter being a capitalist state with generally free elections.” Although it was not the same scale as the WWII in terms of destructions and casualties, the Cold War did however bring the world to the brink of total nuclear war. While both superpowers avoided confronting each other directly on the military field, they had an open and intensive competition in the area of culture and consumerism.

The Cold War just started faw years latter after World War II. During the World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were allies as a one team. The American, were always concerned about the Russian leader Jospeh Stalin’s tyrannical Blood-thirst rule of own country. But, the Soviet Union resented the Americans decades long refusal to treat the Soviet Union as a legitimates part of the International community. As they came to World War late which caused millions of death Russia people 's lives. After the war finished, these grievances matured into a

When WWII ended, the US and the Soviet Union emerged not as friends, but as enemies. This occurred for a multitude of reasons including: direct opposite experiences in WWII, the US 's desire to contain communism, and economic incentives. These factors caused the cold war to materialize and then further escalate into an arms race.

There were many major events that escalated the Cold War, however, three in particular, seemed to of had the biggest effect. The first event was the Berlin Blockade that occurred from June 24, 1948 to May 12, 1949 (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2016). The Berlin Blockade was an attempt from Russia to prohibit supplies entering Berlin via water, road, and rail (Findley, 2011). The next event occurred on August 29, 1949 when the Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb (Norris, 2016). This caused both countries to engage in a nuclear arms race that led directly to the last major event. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when the Soviets placed missiles in Cuba, upsetting the United States and bringing the world to the brink of nuclear war (Findley, 2011). While there were many causes and events that escalated the Cold War, the Berlin Blockade, Soviet bomb test and the Cuban Missile Crisis had a strong influence on escalating the war.

During World War II, the Soviet Union and the U.S. were allies fighting against Germany and the other Axis powers. At the end of World War II, however, the differences between the Soviets and the Americans became more and more apparent. The competition and conflict between these two superpowers eventually became known as the Cold War, which there was no real fire between U.S. and The Soviet Union, but a competition on economy, military, technology, and even contention of the control of space. Billions of dollars were lost in this fight, also causes the fall of the Soviet Union later. The difference ideology, personal behavior and the equal strength are the three fundamental reasons of the Cold War.

After the end of World War 2, from 1945 to 1950, tensions were rising between the United States and the Soviet Union, or USSR. Once the Soviet Union successfully made its first atomic bomb, the two countries entered into an arms race. Differences in their economies worried the American people and the American government. Neither the United States nor the Soviet Union wanted to cooperate with each other due to the lack of transparency brought on by the arms race. The Cold War was ultimately caused by a deep mistrust between the US and the Soviet Union, the imperialistic nature of the Soviet Union at the time, and the United State’s aid to smaller countries in support of democracy.

Following the alliance that was seen during World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union came a time period full of mistrust and deceit. By the end of the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union became increasingly suspicious of one another, and their relations resulted in being unstable. This evident yet rising political and military tension between the two world powers has come to be known as the Cold War. Both the Yalta Conference, which saw a rise in disagreements between the two, and the Korean War, the first military conflict of the Cold War, greatly impacted the American-Soviet relations in a negative way in the decade following the war.

The Cold War has lived in infamy in the minds of many people today. The influence of it can be regarded as one of the most terrifying events that could have transpired, and particularly terrifying to its citizens who lived in constant fear of complete annihilation. From the first events to the fall out of a nuclear war, almost all citizens would have no shelter from the devastation of an atomic war. The roots of the Cold War can be found in several main points starting from the Second World War. The two remaining super powers, the U.S.S.R and the U.S.A. both had a powerful influence on the world in a post-world war torn societies. After World War II it was inevitable with the tensions between the U.S.S.R. and America at its peak which

After the surrender of Germany and World War II came to an end, The United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) emerged as the two global superpowers in the world. The two countries put their differences aside during World War II to work together and defeat the axis countries. Directly after World War II ended tensions between the US and USSR immediately escalated. The battle between the two was a fight of ideals, the democratic United States and the Communist USSR. Although no actual military campaigns were launched during the Cold War, billions of dollars were spent to bulk militaries incase of a nuclear war. This paper will examine the causes and the effects of the Cold War.