Was The Cold War Inevitable

The Cold War was a competition. The US and the Soviet Union raced to become the world’s number one superpower, building up their militaries, improving their arsenals, and developing more advanced weapons. However, weapons in the war were not limited to only nuclear warheads. The weapons used in the Cold War were nuclear warheads, and hope and terror caused by propaganda.

The relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union was very tense, especially during the Cold War. Prior to this war, during World War II, they worked together as allies. Both of them had different ways of economically thinking. The Soviet Union was communist and the United States was capitalist. However, during this time Russia wanted to spread communism across the world, but the United States aided the cessation of the spread.

The forty-five years from the dropping of the atom bombs to the end of the Soviet Union, can be seen as the era of the new conflict between two major states: United States of America (USA) and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). According to Hobsbawm, ‘cold war’ was the constant confrontation of the two super powers which emerged from the Second World War. At that time the entire generation was under constant fear of global nuclear battles. It was widely believed that it could break out at any moment. (Hobsbawm, 1994) The consequences of the ‘power vacuum’ in central Europe, created by the defeat of Germany, gave rise to these two super powers (Dunbabin, 1994). The world was divided into

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.

During World War II the Soviet Union and the United States had fought together against the Axis powers. The Americans had been concerned about the Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical blood thirst to rule his own country. The Cold War was to dominate the international affairs and many major crisis that had occurred like the spreading of` Communist, Iron Curtain, The Marshall Plan, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, the Vietnam War, and the Berlin Wall.

As said by Chegg Study “The Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades and many major crises occurred – the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue.”

During World War II, the Soviet Union and the U.S. were allies fighting against Germany and the other Axis powers. At the end of World War II, however, the differences between the Soviets and the Americans became more and more apparent. The competition and conflict between these two superpowers eventually became known as the Cold War, which there was no real fire between U.S. and The Soviet Union, but a competition on economy, military, technology, and even contention of the control of space. Billions of dollars were lost in this fight, also causes the fall of the Soviet Union later. The difference ideology, personal behavior and the equal strength are the three fundamental reasons of the Cold War.

After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union emerged as a global superpower. There were vast ideological differences between the two major superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a socialist country following Marxist ideals where land and the means of production were publicly owned. The United States was a liberal democracy and capitalist country where land and the means of production were privately owned. The Soviet Union wanted to spread socialism and the United States was scared of Marxist views spreading. The United States was

The Soviet Union believed in Communism and Totalitarianism and promoted their beliefs through expansion. The United States on the other hand, adheres to Capitalism and Democracy. Just like the Soviet Union, the United States was committed to pushing its beliefs onto the rest of the world. However, the Cold War was not just about different political ideologies. This paper will look at the key factors in the creation of the Cold War.

The orthodox view of the Cold War elucidates its inevitability due to the great ideological differences that existed between the Soviet Union and United States. On the other hand, the revisionists argued that it happened due to the actions that Soviets took and the consequential responses made by the United States as a result of their inflexible, single-sided interpretations of Soviet action. Yet, even with the backdrop of the early Bolshevik conflict in 1918 as well

“Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can’t even bear it… There is only the question: When will I be blown up?” - William Faulkner, Nobel Peace Prize Speech 1950

The Cold War was a response to the perceived threat by the United States that Communism would interfere with national security and economic stakes in the world. It was a perceived threat by communist countries that the United States would take to the world. During the Cold War, the United States, Russia, and other countries made efforts to avoid another world war, while warring in proxy in other lands. The devastation caused by the hydrogen bombs exploded in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the next technological advancements became only deterrents to the public. Governments had their own agenda which would result in worsening the strain between nations. The United States hid behind a curtain of nationalism resulting in increased

With the end of World War II (WWII) in 1945 began the Cold War, an international conflict that lasted from 1947–1991 and plagued nations across the globe. As the post-war negotiations were deliberated by three of the strongest world powers, the United States (US), Britain, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), disagreements arose that created tension between the US and the USSR and ultimately instigated the infamous “Fifty Years War” (Crockatt 64). But was this conflict avoidable, or was the Cold War simply inevitable? In order to effectively answer to this issue, the origins and conflicts leading to the Cold War must be evaluated with reference to the post-war territorial

M1D1: The Cold War and the New World Order Was the Cold War an inevitable product of one man, Joseph Stalin? I would have to argue the Cold War was not an inevitable product of one man, in particular Joseph Stalin. Though his actions as the leader of the USSR did not help matters in the least. In the absence of one dictator another will rise and the atmosphere at the time created a breeding ground for mistrust.