I. Introduction
Throughout the 20th century, the world has seen a number of major revolutions worldwide as well as unbearable wars filled with bloodshed such as the two world wars, the Chinese and Spanish civil wars as well as the Russian Revolution. However, a war that extended throughout the majority of the 20th century would be the Cold War that lasted for 46 years from 1945 up until 1991 (The George Washington University). Many would not consider the Cold War to be war in the traditional sense due to the fact that direct confrontation between the two nations that were majorly involved; the USA and the USSR, was absent; hence its name. The word “cold” symbolizes its inability to officially “blow-up” as some would say; thus, remaining an era of intense tension between the two world powers (citation).
The USSR, also known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was a socialist state established in 1922 following the Russian Revolution
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Both nations viewed the production of nuclear arms as a deterrent that would stop the ideologically opposing world power from attacking. In addition, and at many instances, the piling of nuclear arsenal aimed to provide superiority, resulting in increased spending and many would argue that it was the main reason the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 while others claim that its role was minor as it was the flawed communist system or Mikhail Gorbachev’s sudden attempt to introduce change and reform the Communist system that were to be blamed (citation). This has caused a worldwide debate regarding the effects and significance of the nuclear arms race, leading to the coining of this investigation’s research question; to what extent did the nuclear arms race of the Cold War lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev in
The Cold War was a state of political hostility, lasting from 1946 to 1991, between Communists Soviet Union and Capitalist Western powers. Two generations worth of tension was filled with propaganda, hot wars, threat of nuclear attacks, and developments in missiles and space technology. Domestic policy and American society changed in the years of the Cold War: more money was being allotted to the defense budget, committees were being created to root out any communists working in Hollywood or the government and Americans were living their life around the fact that they could enter into a nuclear war at any moment.
On the day of 1945 when World War ll came to end, a whole new form of tension formed known as the Cold War. The Cold War was essentially a long period of time in which the United States had tensions with the Soviet Union. The Nazis, led by Adolf Hitler had withdrew from the war, the tensions between the United States as well as The Soviet Union and its allies start to get intense. The Soviets
The Cold War was a state of political, military, and economic tensions and hostilities between the Communist World, primarily the Soviet Union, and the Capitalist Western World, the United States and its allies. The Cold War lasted over 40 years because the beginning and ending of it leaves room for some debate. Some sources say it started in the mid to late 40’ after the Second World War while other historians date it back to 1917 with The Bolshevik Revolution and ending in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union. In that case the Cold War then lasted for over 70 years. The periods when tensions were at the most high were from the late 40s to the 70’s. The international
The Cold war, a threatening competition between the United States and the Soviet Unions, kept going from the late 1940 's until the breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991. The war was "icy" just in that the United States and USSR never battled one another in an immediate military encounter, however both superpowers debilitated one another with atomic destruction and partook oftentimes in "intermediary wars" by supporting associated countries in various "hot" wars set up like Korea, Vietnam, and Angola. The Cold War characterized both nations ' outside strategies through the a large portion of the twentieth century, as the Americans and Soviets sought partners to keep up and enlarge their separate effective reaches around the globe. Every side saw the chilly war as a fight between the developments, in the overall conflict between the American free enterprise, and Soviet socialism, one and only could win. For over forty years, the Soviet-American clash hung overwhelming over worldwide issues, forming the world with gigantic military developments, an endless atomic weapons contest, serious surveillance, and furious mechanical rivalry as every side attempted to pick up the high ground in planning for the nuclear "hot war" all people dreaded would some time or another come.
The Cold War was the most important historic event in the 20th century after the Second World War, from 1945 till 1991 between two most powerful countries in that period – Soviet Union and USA. The Cold War invested a lot in world politics. What is the Cold War? This was a war for dominance in the world. In 1945 the USA was the only one country in the world that had the nuclear weapons. But in the 1949 USSR started to learn their nuclear weapons. In further developments forced the USSR was soon created by nuclear, and then thermonuclear weapons. (Isaacs J, 2008) Fight has become very dangerous for all.
"The term Cold War can be defined as the period of political impasse which existed between our country (U.S.A.) and U.S.S.R. from the early 1950's until the fall of Communism in the early 1980's. Words and phrases associated with Cold War include, "race to arms", "race to space", "Bay of Pigs, and "The Berlin Wall"."
Cold War: Cold War can be characterized as the political and the military pressure between the two super powers USA and USSR, Western and the Eastern coalition separately. They never went to coordinate war with one another yet they discovered options available to satisfy their cold war plans. It helped in the development of Asian American groups in United States of America. Proxy wars turned into the way to this advancement. Southeast Asian Americans were effected by these intermediary wars in a positive way.
The Cold War was not a war in the traditional sense. It was a political, philosophical, and economic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR). It spanned four decades and influenced the culture of virtually every nation in the world. The Cold War turned "hot" from time to time, as the major players applied military might to protect their interests abroad and control events in developing countries. But for the most part, the era was marked by tough rhetoric and high tension, not open combat.
Receiving its name from the fact that the Soviet army and the United States never actually fought the name The Cold War was given, even though the United States and the Soviet Union never fought directly they had many proxy wars which developed the world as we know it today. Changing not only what happen in their countries, but in other countries, as well proxy wars are wars that are instigated by one or more major powers that do not itself participate. Some of the most famous proxy wars include Chinese civil war, Korean war, Vietnam war. The Cold war not only ignited a political challenged such as the arms race, it also challenged each of its countries in the race to space. The Cold war began in 1945 and ended around 45 years later in 1990.The cold war was a time of great competitiveness between both the United states and the soviet Union whether it is in Propaganda, espionage, Proxy wars, arms race fallout shelters the Cuban missile crisis or even the bay of pigs affected the world as we know it
The high level military protection Americans may take for granted today was a result of a war that never took place. The Cold War was an era that lasted over four decades from 1947-1991 in which America and Russia raced to outdo each other in upholding their beliefs of government, that is capitalism vs communism. Surprisingly, however, a far greater impact was seen on the technological bmm advancements in America. This time period provided opportunities for growth in areas not pursued often, such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This was a result of the newfound attention these areas received due to the desire to surpass the Soviet Union.
The Cold War has been examined throughout history. The question is often debated about what theory best explains the cause for the cold war. It is often argued whether or not one explanation does the best job at explaining the Cold War. The disagreement is often between about what forces pushed for the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union for power. The best explanation often states that there were many factors at play such as the bi-polarity of great powers of the time, which in turn caused a security dilemma, and that the cultural differences incited fear of expansion, and these are all cause of the Cold War.
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In this paper I will discuss what actions and thoughts added up to cause the cold war. The cold war lasted from September 1, 1945 to about December 25, 1991. That is about forty-five years, which is an extremely long time. The cold war was a global competition basically between two sides, the Free World, which was led by the United States of America, and the Communist World led by the Soviet Union. The struggle took place through indirect military conflict, and direct competition in the areas of economics, diplomacy, culture, space exploration, and political theory. It also involved nuclear stand offs, espionage, and global competition for other nations. The cold war has established the framework for most
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