Cold War And The Soviet Union

The origins of the Cold War, as well as its developments have become one of history's largest debates, with many different answers and opinions. The suggested explanations of these origins and developments all demonstrate different viewpoints of militaristic, political and economical factors. Conferences, political tension, The Cold War, its origins, and its developments inevitably emphasize the collapse of the alliance between USA and USSR after the defeat of Germany in World War 2.

The Cold War began at the resolution of WWII and continued into the 1990’s. The Cold War was fueled by many factors such as ideological differences, mutual mistrust, America’s fear of the spread of communism, and nuclear weapons. The war ultimately resulted in the collapse of communism. The war was supported by allied nations although the main instigators of the war were Russia and the United States.

During the era of the Cold War, starting in 1947 and definitively ending in 1991, the United States and the Soviet Union faced off in conflicts with each other through smaller states.

The USSR felt threatened by the US’s growing power and to protect themselves they tried to force their allies, including the US, to halt their wish for combining all of Germany into one. When they refused, the Soviet Union decided to detach themselves from the previously formed Allied Control Council. The USSR saw the introduction of a new Deutsche Mark in West Berlin as a violation of the agreement the allies had previously agreed on, and because of this they felt they needed to protect their portion of land from the West. However, the way the Soviet Union went about protecting their power caused a devastating fate for their citizens. They created a blockade of all rail, roads, and water communications between Berlin and the West. This was not enough for the USSR. They later announced that their previous allies would have no authority within Berlin. Soon the people in Berlin began to lose food and supplies necessary to maintain a healthy way of living. As a result, the US began to drop off crates full of food and supplies for everyone in Berlin by plane. This became known as the Berlin Airlift. Due to the increase in fuel and electricity shortages, the airlift lasted for

The Cold War is the name granted to the tensions that developed between the USA and the USSR after World War II. The Cold War was an era of confrontation and competition between these two world powers that lasted from about 1946 to 1990. The Cold War was to dominate affairs for decades and many major crises occurred such as the Berlin Wall, Hungary, Vietnam, and the Cuban Missile Crisis are just a few examples of the problems that sparked as a result of the Cold War. For most, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue. Both of these world powers held on to two very different political ideologies that would be a main cause of their disputes. For the USSR it was communism, and for the USA it was capitalism which

The Cold War was the longated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and Russia and the USA in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these supergiants in political, ideological, military, and economic values and ideas. Though military build up was great on both sides neither one ever directly fought each other. In this essay I’m going to bring forth the following points: Rise of the Cold War, events in and because of the Cold War, and the fall of Russia.

After the downfall of Germany, allied countries ceased control over the region and divided it into 4 zones. Each of which would be controlled by, America, France, Britain and the Soviet Union. Berlin, for example was under the control of the soviet however the capital was also divided into four zones with each ally having jurisdiction over a zone. (Clare, .) Over time the democratic countries merged together their individual zones and formed the Federal Republic of Germany as a result. Tensions began to rise between West Germany and the soviet controlled Germany. This polarisation of Germany not only shows us how the ideological view point of each ally changed and effected German politics in the east and the west, but also as Germany as a whole. This can be seen when comparing the level of economic development of the west to the south. West Germanys’ political ideology came from the democratic countries and essentially allowed it to also become a stable democracy. This political influence allowed West Germany to be included in some European affairs and also helped regain trust within some European counties who, at this point did not trust Germany and did not want to be affiliated with then in anyway. An example of this, is the treaty signed by France and Germany which is known

In 1948 three countries, USA, France and UK, held conference, where they discussed the issue of Germany and what to do next. They tackled issues such as the future of Germany, the control of the Ruhr area and the payment of reparations (Douglas R, 2013) A new conference of the three countries occurred in Frankfurt, where still dealt with the issue of Germany and came to an agreement on the division of it. In Washington was another meeting of ministers of the three countries, where they signed a document which confirmed the occupation policy of the three powers in Germany. (Douglas R, 2013)

The Cold War was a period of rivalry short of armed confrontation. Tensions oscillated between former allies of the World War II, Russia and America, leading to the infamous cold war. It is rather difficult to determine the starting point of the Cold War because the East-West relationship had been deteriorating since a long time due to their conflicting ideologies and aspirations. However, the circumstances required for them to form an alliance in World War II, but this friendship was short lived. This essay will largely examine the immediate events after the World War II that lead to the straining of the East West relationships .A debate still lingers as to whether it was the West or the East who initiated the Cold War, thus we find

The reasons for the Cold War and how it formed into one of the biggest unarmed battles in history has been a liable topic for a high level headed discussion and thus various factual explanations have been created with regards to the starting points of the Cold War. These explanations to the reasons for the Cold War starting are made up of the theories proposed by orthodox, revisionists and post-revisionists. Every theory shows an alternate perspective in how different political, monetary and military uses initiated the Cold War.

Abstract: As one of the most important events in 20th century, the Cold War had a very deep

This research looks at the origins of Cold war, the political, ideological and economical rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union. This research draws upon mostly primary sources including memoirs, interviews and scholarly studies of cold war era conflicts. Most research on this topic focuses on its connection to the famous events and upheavals, which shaped that era. “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an “Iron Curtain” has descended across the continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow” (Smith Gaddis) Cold war, as defined by a majority of historians was an ideological, economic and political struggle between United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Both countries exerted their influence over rest of the world through diplomacy, economic and military aid, funding proxies and direct military intervention. It is called 'Cold ' because Soviet Union and United States never clashed directly with each other, instead they extended their sphere of influence through their satellites and allies. “ 'Cold ' war, though remained cold in Europe, turned into hot

The Cold War wasn’t a physical war fought between two opposing sides. Instead it was the name given to the relationship between Eastern European countries and Western European countries along with the USA. This “Cold” relationship between the USA and the USSR commenced and developed after World War Two. Although, naturally, one would expect these two allies during the war to have a strong, pleasant relationship with one another, this was not the case; there was a growing rivalry between the two instead. My essay will explore the ideas and causes leading up to the Cold War, and will conclude on the main reason for the beginning of the Cold War.

In 1945, right after the end of Second World War, cold war broke out. Cold war is the conflict about economic, political and ideology between the USA and the USSR. These countries made this world separated, especially within European countries, into two with super enormous power. In this essay, brief introduction of cold war and the most effective factor to contribute to the end of war will be analysed.

The Cold War was a time of conflict that occurred somewhere around 1945 and 1990 although some International scholars held the thought that the Cold War began in 1917 Russian disclosure in any case, it was between the USA and its allies mostly the Western nations and the Eastern coalition led by the USSR however, the two forces did not battle or utilized weapons against one another, it was battled through Nuclear Arms race, intermediary wars, ideological impact and propaganda war and in this manner greatly affected the world. This essay is going to explore its effects and how those effects influenced the world.