USA and USSR were ally back in World War Two, all of us are wandering about what happened between them that could cause their harmony relationship turned into The Cold War. The Cold War was a term that used to describe the relationship between USA and USSR after World War Two in 1945 until 1980. Their relationship called The Cold War because none of them had ever fought the other side by using hard power such as weapons and army. The war between USA and USSR was in their ideology. They competed to
After World War II the USA and USSR became Super Powers. One nation tried to reduce the power of other. The competitiveness between the Super Powers led to the Cold War. The main cause of the Cold War is a difficult to expound. The Cold War is the name that was given to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War Two. Cold War is a kind of verbal war that was fought through newspapers, magazines, radio and other propaganda methods. During World War Two the United
The Cold War ended as a result of internal factors such as Gorbachev's reforms, the weak economy of the USSR and the Satellite States breaking away from the USSR, and external factors such as US-Soviet diplomacy, and various treaties being signed that limited arms. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and without Communist rule holding together the countries that comprised the Soviet Union, the USSR broke into smaller countries, like Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Georgia. The nations of Eastern
The Cold War was a political, ideological and sometimes indirect military confrontation that took place after the Second World War between the two largest powers in the world: The United States and the Soviet Union. The conflict between these two great powers intensified without a real war on the ground. It was a silent war characterized by both powers in an arms race with the most lethal weapons without actually using these weapons. That is why that war was known as the Cold War. In this paper,
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 cold war and its effects on today's society has been a mystery on its causes to most if not all historians. Most will not agree on one particular event that happened creating this cold war, but most agree it was a series of events. Oil, arms, W.O.M.D (weapons of mass destruction) and the space race could all been seen as events, but not one pinpointed. The U.S had been allies with the Soviet Union during WWII and seemed to be working out until political fears of communism taking over the world
The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union spanned almost half of a century. It led to worldwide fears and anxiety over the possibility of nuclear war and the desolation of mankind. It led to various proxy wars, costing the lives of millions in foreign nations and thousands of American and Soviet soldiers. With so much fear, death, money, and willpower going into the conflict, there must be an easy answer as to what force caused and drove the conflict. However, this topic is not
Causes of The Cold War The Cold War developed after World War II had come to an end in 1945. Even though that war was over, there were still many problems to come from the arising Cold War. The Cold War was primarily between The United States and The Soviet Union. There were major differences between The United States and The Soviet Union during this time which caused a tremendous amount of tension between the two countries. When tension occurs, problems arise, which is exactly what happened in
What came after the Second World War was a tense atmosphere between the United States and the USSR, which would be eventually known as the “Cold War”. There were no direct fighting or armed conflict between the US and the USSR, hence the word ‘cold’. However, both Great Powers were each equipped with armies, navies, and air forces, ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Conflict of ideologies between the US and the USSR lead to the spreading of capitalism and communism to countries caused fear for
In The Cold War: A New History, author John Lewis Gaddis, a professor at Yale University writes about one of the most significant time periods in U.S. history. The world was in shambles following World War II, the old great powers had fallen, but two countries emerged from the rubble. The United States and the Soviet Union stood alone, the new powerhouses began to prosper, as the economy’s of the separate nations floundered. The two nations had separate ideologies, the United States practiced a democracy