The Pros And Cons Of The Cold War

After World War II, only two world superpowers remained: the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The contradictory political regimes of the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union were believed to be mutually exclusive which increased bitterness between them. Inevitably, the apparent tension between the two superpowers led to the Cold War which lasted about 45 years. It was war without bloodshed or battle, instead it was a metaphorical war where the U.S and the Soviet Union increased their weapons and fought for political influence, one always wanting to excel or maintain within the range of the other. The United States’ desperate need to contain the communist political ideology from spreading any further and meet the Soviet Union’s increased development of nuclear weapons led to the their involvement in the Cold War. The impact the Cold War had on life during the 1950’s and 1960’s can be measured through the creation of the House Un-American

The US and the USSR maintained their diplomatic relations, and yet, behaved like enemies. Many historians refer to the war as “diplomatic war”. The Cold War was defined by Fleming as “a war that is fought not in the battle field, but in the minds of men; one tries to control the minds of other.” Unlike a standard war, it was fought in the diplomatic channels and the United Nations forum. As the Cold War progressed, its nature underwent many changes during over four decades, however, three primary characteristics of the Cold War were recognized by the historians C. Kegley and E. Wittkopf, they are the

The Cold War, a period of sustained political and military tension between the USA and the USSR, resulted in various viewpoints concerning the cause of the tension emerging. Until today the question remains unresolved, even after the 1991 release of Soviet archives. The main point of disagreement relates to the roles that ideology played in the events between 1945 and 1949. Was it the strongly opposing ideologies, capitalism and communism, or power and material interest that drove both superpowers to the decades of struggle for global supremacy.

Although the Soviet Union and the United States fought together during World War II against the Axis Powers, the relationship between the two grew bitter going into the 1950’s Cold War. The Cold War left a dominant impact on the U.S. and American living throughout the 20th century. The fall out between the U.S. and the Soviet Union created various issues that United States dealt with (Suddath). The United States was a capitalistic country, while the Soviet Union, also known as the USSR, was lead by a strong communist influence. The expansion of Soviets into Eastern Europe fueled most of the fear the U.S. had of Russia, that they would attempt to influence many more countries.

The cold war was a conflict of ideals that involved the united states and its allies against the Soviet Union with its satellite states. Each side pushed for there ideals of how to run a country, and tried to use its influence on other countries to push them towards communism and socialism. The cold war started in the 1940’s and ended in the 1990’s lasting through the Vietnam War and other miner conflicts. Some people believe today that we are heading towards a new cold war or are already in it. I do not believe that we are in this new cold war. I think there is not enough evidence to show that we are in this kind of situation. Even though I do not believe it others do and they think they have enough evidence to prove it.

The Cold War Era was a time in history where there was hostility between many different countries. The one most notable was the hostility between the Soviet Union and United States, the fight between Communism and Capitalism. As the most dominant country the U.S. offered assistance to countries threatened by Communism. They felt that Communism was wrong and was not the right way to run a government. Between the years 1945 and 1980 the United States and Soviet Union’s relationship was ruined, which caused a lot of distrust between the two. The two countries never went to war, but there were a lot of disagreements, among them the U.S. was a democracy and the Soviet Union was under a dictatorship. Leading up to the Cold War America became

Right after the end of World War II with the Allied forces rejoicing over a marginal victory over Germany, a new and different kind of war was brewing over the tensions of the Western and Eastern blocs, a kind that wouldn’t be fought on the battlefield. The Cold War began in the year of 1945 and lasted all the way until 1991. A cause of the Cold War was the tension between two former allies of World War II, the United States of America and the Soviet Union (also known as the USSR, which stood for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The United States had a democratic government and a capitalist economy, while the Soviet Union had a communist government, each trying to spread their political views and gain world power. Neither of the two

The Cold War, in one sense, was a power struggle between the two nuclear military giants of the age, the United States and the Soviet Union. But on a more basic level, the Cold War was a contest between two opposing ways of life. One was democratic capitalism, whose leading representatives were the United States and the nations of Western Europe. The other was totalitarian Communism, the system of the Soviet Union and its "satellite" nations in Eastern Europe. Between 1945 and 1990, despite constant tensions and an alarming buildup of nuclear arms on both sides, the United States and the Soviet Union officially remained at peace—hence the name the "cold" war. Yet it was hardly a peaceful era. Furthermore through newspapers in USSR (Pravda and

As World War II came to its end, agreements among the winning powers began to dissolve. The U.S., Great Britain, and the Soviet Union…had very different views politically, socially, and economically. World War II, which was considered a “hot” war, was followed by the cold war. This war was a conflict primarily between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that persevered throughout much of the postwar period. The ideological differences were mutual distrust. As US was a capitalist country, Americans feared communism and the nuclear arms race were the major

What would you do if you found out that the US government released toxic radiation in your neighborhood, or mixed LSD into your drink at the bar? These horrible crimes were committed by the US government, during the Cold War, against their own citizens, without consent. The Cold War was a battle between the two superpowers of the world, the United States of America and the Soviet Union. The two powers fought over economics and government, making it a war of ideas and a race for nuclear arms. The US thought that using their own citizens would be the best way to test out the mechanics; even though the experiments cause pain and death to innumerable people. Although the government denies that recompense is necessary, the victims of the US government’s crimes should be compensated because people were manipulated into participating, radiation experiments caused new disease, and the government broke the Nuremberg Code.

The Cold War just started faw years latter after World War II. During the World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were allies as a one team. The American, were always concerned about the Russian leader Jospeh Stalin’s tyrannical Blood-thirst rule of own country. But, the Soviet Union resented the Americans decades long refusal to treat the Soviet Union as a legitimates part of the International community. As they came to World War late which caused millions of death Russia people 's lives. After the war finished, these grievances matured into a

The Cold War is unique among war’s to be not a war between states, but a war between ideologies. The United States and other allies defend social democracy capitalism, as the pinnacle of freedom and equality; and the Soviet Union though communism was the pinnacle of equality. These ideologies manifested themselves through the superpowers, which caused the conflict between them. Both the United States, and the Soviet Union are to blame for the outbreak of the Cold War. The United State’s mission to contain communism with the Marshall Plan, personal remarks against Stalin, the creation of NATO, and the use of the atomic bomb in Japan without warning the Soviet’s, their ally in the war. On the other side, Stalin’s remarks on Churchill and Truman, the Berlin blockade, and the breaking of agreements in Poland, escalated the situation from tense to a Cold War.

The Cold War alludes to a contention among the United States and the Soviet Union; while America supported Democracy/Capitalism and the Soviet Union (USSR) bolstered Communism. This major contrast was the reason for the cause as each of the unions attempted to draw an expansive number of the other world nations towards its political systems. The Cold War occurred simultaneously American civil rights movement and anti-colonial struggle in Africa. However, the United States viewed both as threat to disturb America's endeavours to defeat communist spread. During the cold war, the political strain between America and the USSR generated much of pressure on America to suspend the civil rights movement so as to retain its super power nation image

On the home front things began to heat up when protestors of the war started to emerge. One of the groups Woman Strike for Peace (WSP), protested outside the pentagon around the slogan, “Not Our Sons, Not Your Sons, Not Their Sons.” In hopes of bringing light to their husbands, sons, loved ones in the continued war they are currently in. as well as main stream corporations and media advising Johnson to stop the bombings and negotiate. Some who saw the war in ethical terms argued that the US had not business entering the Cold War and wanted not part of it. Well others who have fought in previous war could not see why this generation was refusing to go and serve. They expressed their outraged by putting bumper stickers on their cars. Johnson

After World War II, the United States had effectively become the most powerful and influential country in the world both militarily and politically. During America’s rise to power, however, hostilities mounted between America and the Soviet Union, resulting in a fierce rivalry. The Cold War, which never involved direct military confrontations between the two nations, involved of the struggle to contain the spread of communism, extreme anti-communist attitudes in America, and a reemergence of the civil rights issue.