The Cold War: A Fictional Narrative

It is 1945 and some of my generation has already arrived, with more yet to come. The month is June and I just arrived. President Truman is in office. The war in Europe just ended, and the war with Japan is about to end. The Cold War has started but it will be two years before they officially call it the Cold War. In case you were wondering that is me in the carriage, as you can see I am not really too concerned about world events as of yet. I’m pretty sure that the rest of my generation isn’t either. It is also my guess that we won’t be for a while. However, as I said history is relevant and many world events will take place in the next nineteen years that will lead some of us toward war, and others toward what I believe to committing the unforgivable crime of treason.

What is Realism? Realism is defined in the book as a school of thought that explains international relations in terms of power. This basically means that realism is a political view on global issues that puts stress on both the conflict side and the competition side in the scenarios. “Realists tend to treat political power as separate from, and predominant over, morality, ideology, and other social and economic aspects of life” (Goldstein 44). Now after learning all this information about realism, the question being asked is does it do a good job of explaining the end of the Cold War? Everyone can have their own answers and reasonings behind why they think it does or doesn 't explain it well enough. Realists view the Cold War as an attempt to keep the balance of power between the states and inside the states themselves. Neither states were able to dominant over everything or declare all out war against each other, therefore both the United States and the USSR would dominate international relations without a lot of conflict occurring.

The Cold War, which is often dated from 1945 to 1989, was a constant state of political and military tension between powers in the West, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the East, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. The development of Nuclear Weapons and long range shooting missiles by the United States gave a lot of fear and caused mass destruction. The Cold War came about after World War II when America used their atomic bombs on Japan. America fearing of a communist attack, and Soviet Russia disliking capitalism. The Cold War described a world where the two major powers, each possessing nuclear weapons and threatened with equally assured destruction. The development of a Civil Defense policy in the United States promised citizens survival opportunities in the event of a nuclear attack. This lesson connects this 1950’s policy with today’s national policy regarding survival during a biological or chemical terrorist attack.

He was now left alone in a familiar territory. All around the house, white sheets covered many artifacts that once entertained an audience. The house had a slight smoky odour, which tickled his nose. Although he tried to stay quiet, each step he took the floor creaked in response, probably due to the renovations the house was under.

Skilt took a deep breath, pulled back the arrow in his bow, aimed, and prayed to the great spirit that he would hit his target as he released his breath, and the arrow.

A man once told me that there is no truth in this world. All the ideas such as Math, Science, Language, and even society is all made up. That the only reason two plus two equals four is based solely off of one man saying it does, and society agreeing with it blindly. But I tell you that there is no such thing as truth, but that itself is a truth.

“Hold it!” I screeched. I rose the rifle, pressing the stock against my shoulder. His ripped uniform was deep, blood red. The patch on his shoulder flashed the marking of the Soviet Union, sworn enemies to the Fourth Reich. I gritted my teeth and narrowed my eyes. “State your name!” I demanded. His head was bowed with his hands held up in surrender. My finger stiffened against the trigger. One shot in his skull would end his pathetic life and make my country safer without another Soviet soldier.

The Cold War is the term used to describe the intense rivalry between the United States and its allies and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics and its allies. The Soviet Union and its allies were refereed to as the Eastern Bloc and the United States and its allies were referred to as the Western Bloc. The Cold War period lasted from the mid-1940’s until the late 1980’s. During this period international politics were shaped by this intense rivalry between this two great blocs of power and the political ideologies they represented. The United States and its allies represented democracy and capitalism while the Soviet Union and its allies represented communism. The Cold War was truly a global conflict more

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1945, beginning year of the Cold War. The development of cold war just started after the end of world War ||. The cold war was the result of conflict between two powerful country Soviet Union and United State. The war was regarding to the lead the world after the World War ||. The Soviet Union wanted to emerge its power to the world and so do the United States too. The research paper mainly focused on various reasons of opposition of two great power of the world Soviets and United States of America. The end of the cold war was resulted of which reasons are also discussed in the paper. The paper is also discuss about the New Deal of Roosevelt to recover and develop economy of America after World War |. However, the New Deal of Roosevelt was not that successful as he wanted too. The following paper mention all of the related events to the cold war.

The U.S. learned greatly after having been declared the victor of the Cold War. Retired four-star U.S. Army general Colin Powell said, “The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly” (Reed 343). The Cold War started after World War II in 1947 and ended in 1991. The U.S. underwent a political war with the Soviet Union in hopes of advancing more rapidly in certain fields, such as nuclear weapons and space crafts. Avoiding nuclear conflicts and managing the economy in order to successfully fund research in order to out-advance the Soviet Union were just two conflicts the U.S. faced during the Cold War. The U.S. consistently stayed ahead of the Soviet Union during the arms race, and had adequate funding to do so, so therefore they were victorious in that area of the war. After the Cold War, the Soviet Union essentially collapsed due to its bad economy and all of its states gradually declared independence from the USSR. Lastly, the U.S. emerged as a superpower because its economy ended up being stronger in the end than in the beginning, as well as being in possession of a stockpile of nuclear weapons, which gave the U.S. a strong strategic position. The United States won the Cold War due to its stable economy, allowing it to stay ahead of the Soviet Union financially, competitively and politically, thus resulting in the U.S. emerging as the victor at the end of war.

Time itself was frozen. Yesterday was cold, but not like this. Now, it is almost zero. I stepped across the carpeted floor as the support wood creaked under thermal contraction. The staircase shivered as I descended. No one was there except for an old wooden table and a fork. Slowly sliding across the frozen floor, I navigate the dark maze of hallways that is my first floor. I grab my ski jacket, put on my boots and slide outside without a sound. No one is anywhere, and as far as my family is concerned, I am still asleep. I begin to work at creating my arsenal. I mobilize for a total war.

Four months had passed and I was on top of the Divas division. I had a Number One Contender’s match on RAW tonight against Natalya. I was pumped up and ready. We had talked about how we wanted the match to play out and what we were going to do. We wanted to make it one of the best matches of the night. Trinity and I watched in the viewing area backstage as The Usos fought in a match against The Prime Time Players. When The Usos won Trinity left to go congratulate her fiancé, Jimmy.

September 2nd, 1945. This was the day gunshots would stop firing, screaming and shouts would no longer be heard, and bodies would lay dead on the front line. World war two, the most devastating war in history, was over. Countries were in pieces, torn completely apart by each other, and nearly had nothing left of themselves. After the battle, the globe had divided into sections, such as the communist and capitalist bloc. This stated rivalry between two of the largest nations in the world: The Soviet Union, and the United States. The rivalry was known as the cold war. The cold war was a time of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was communist which is an economic system in which the government owns all property

The tank that caused all of this was right there beside the cave. The two worlds of life and death bounded by all laws of the universe, Mark felt the intense pain in his lungs for a fraction of a second and a near an eternity, that moment was just a purgatory, a stop of replete with utter terror and aloneness, headed in one direction for non-existence.