The Economic And Political 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

A Cold War is when there is a large amount of tension built up between two countries but no fighting occurs. The Cold War between U.S. and Russia started in 1947 and ended in 1991. It started over a race to build a bigger and better atomic bomb. Although the U.S. working class was able to live comfortably again, the Cold War affected the United States by increasing people’s fears of Communist spies, of nuclear war, and of losing to the Soviet Union.

The Cold War which took place from 1947 to 1989 had eventually altered the Latin America's relationship to the United States profoundly, as the region became a battleground between two different competing ideological systems which was capitalism and communism. Prior to the Cold War, both economic and geopolitical concerns had motivated United States policy toward Latin America. But, after the lowering of the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe, George Kennan, the chief architect of American foreign policy towards the Soviet Union, advocated containment to stop the spreading of communism, not just in Europe, but including the countries all around the world. The result was a bipolar world featuring proxy wars fought throughout the Third World by alternates and clients of the two superpowers. Latin American nations are historically considered to be part of "our backyard," who were not permitted to remain neutral as Washington expected the Latin American countries to ally with the United States while the Soviet Union sought to gain access to what had been an American sphere of influence and after world war II many Latin American countries faced economic, social and political challenges.

1941-1991 is a time span commonly agreed upon. The term was first coined by the

place between 1941 and 1991 as the Cold War. The Cold War was so named

Cold War Latin America During 1945 to 1990, the Cold War erupted between the two big powers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The conflict between these two big powers divided the world into three parts: the first world refers to the United States and its allies, the second world refers to the Soviet Union, China, and its pact, and the third world refers to the newly developed independent countries after World War 2. Latin America was one of the third world that was struggling to find its own independence during the conflict of the two powers. To gain a lead over the Soviet Union, the United States sought to take control of Latin American nations’ governments and businesses through interventions and overthrow.

In my opinion ,the US should bear a bigger responsibility for causing the cold war .After the second world war , the ideological difference ,mutual distrust and the disappearance of the common enemy (germany ) , these all are the causes of the cold war .However ,these comflicts were all brought by the US . Many historians believe that the Cold War was inevitable once the common enemy, Germany, was defeated after the end of World War II. Other historians such as John Gaddis stress that neither superpower can be held solely responsible for the ideological war that lasted half a century. These historians believe that the US and the USSR followed a pattern of action and reaction; and that neither nation had a definitive plan of action (Todd,

The Cold War ended as a result of internal factors such as Gorbachev's reforms, the

The United States and the USSR have had several confrontations in history. It was a constant battle that showed two forces, Communism and Democracy. These opposing governments have almost gotten the rest of the world caught up in full scale nuclear war because of their differences and because of the inability to coexist peacefully. There were three major false alarms in the Cold War that almost turned it into a “Hot War”. The three factors that prevented nuclear war in these events are role of politics/diplomacy, lines of communication, and the very threat of nuclear war.

“The Cold War was the most important factor that led to the economic recovery and development in Japan during 1945 and 1980.” Comment on the validity of this statement.

America and the USSR were all "superpower" in the world, in order to struggle for the global hegemony, the two countries and their allied countries took the fight, which lasted for decades.During that period,alough they had serious divergences and conflictions, they all tried their best to avoid the outbreak of the third World War, generally, they confronted with each other by partial war-by-proxy, science and technology, and armament race, space race, diplomacy race and other "cold" means, that was to say, kept within limits mutually, but without resorting to military force, therefore, it was called the "Cold War".[1]

The Cold War is a period of the history of international relations, which formally began in 1946 after the speech of Winston Churchill and ended in 1991 with the collapse of the USSR, the Interior Ministry and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. This period, I believe, is very dangerous for all mankind, because it put the world on the brink of a nuclear war that would entail the disappearance of mankind.

I’m going to be talking about the Cold War. Boom! Crash! EXPLOSION! No, no, I’m just kidding. The Cold War which was a very long non-violent war between the Soviet Union and the United States from 1947 to 1991. This non-violent war took place in the Soviet Union, United States, Vietnam, Korea and many other places. (ushistory.org) I think the main cause of the Cold War was that the United States didn't like the Soviet Union because they were Communistic and the Soviet Union didn’t like the United States because they were Capitalistic. In addition, I think the immediate cause of the Cold War was World War II ending, and with that came our alliance ending because the friendly FDR died. There were other causes too.

A war doesn’t technically require any physical weapons to fight. During the time 1947-1991 a lot of military tension and ideological conflicts took place. The causes of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union were the mutual distrust that had taken place is World War II. They differed in views of political and economic principles and were wanting to spread their ideologies to other countries. A Cold War is classified as a state of political hostility between two countries characterized by threats, propaganda and other measures short of open warfare. During the time of the Cold War it was a constant one up battle between them with their weapons. Who could build the best and who could have the most, it was always a competition to be the best.

The Cold War was an important phase in the history of international relations. In accordance with one of the etymological theories, the term “Cold War” was coined by a Spanish medieval writer Juan Manuel in the 14th century. However, he could not predict that the Cold War era would have largely affected the region, which was hugely influenced by his future descendants of Hispanic origin. The Cold War was an indirect confrontation between the two superpowers - the United States of America and the Soviet Union in the period of 1945 to 1991. Moreover, it was a struggle between two world systems: liberal capitalism and communism. The conflict never escalated into a direct war between the superpowers but both countries have been involved in numerous proxy wars throughout the globe. In Latin America, as in other Third World regions (Africa and Asia) the Cold War was occasionally very hot.