------------------------------------------------- Was the Cold War Inevitable? ------------------------------------------------- ARTS1271 ESSAY ------------------------------------------------- 16th September, 2011 ------------------------------------------------- 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
What Extent Was the Cold War Inevitable? 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
No. 1051142 Essay in response to Question 6: When, if ever, did Cold War confrontation become inevitable? Crossing the Threshold: the Inevitability of the Cold War Cold War confrontation became inevitable at 7:00 a.m. on August 29, 1949. However, before embarking on detailed examination as to the date at which the threshold of Cold War inevitability was crossed, it’s necessary to first solidify our understanding of why the threshold was crossed. While it may be easy to assume that the world
fascinating events known in history includes the Cold War. This essay will explore the fierce, overpowering, and chaotic Cold War describing its purpose, summary and analysis of events, and how it came to a complete end. The Purpose of The Cold War The Cold War was solely a shape of political and military pressure beginning in Europe during the time era of 1945-1990. It occurred after the phenomenon of World War II between powers in the United States and
HL History Internal Assessment Was President Ronald Reagan the reason for the Cold War’s conclusion? Word Count: 1,634 Was President Ronald Reagan the reason for the Cold War’s conclusion? A. Plan of Investigation This investigation focuses on the impact that President Ronald Reagan had on ending the Cold War between the United States of America and the Soviet Union during the 1980’s. The use of historian argumentation, primary sources, such as Ronald Reagan’s Address to the Nation on Defense
The Cold War is the designation for a period of time in which political and military tension exist between the West, led by the United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies, and the Communist World, led by the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact. The term “cold” was used to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union throughout the war because neither side were involved in a large-scale fight directly, though, there are regional wars
Old wars are the armed conflicts between states for lands, resources, national glory and so on due to the fact that military strength has been what state must possess to be present in the international community and to practice power upon other actors (Heywood, 2014, pp.: 239). These inter-state wars thus can be seen as “an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will” (Clausewitz, 2008, pp.: 75), which reached the pinnacle in the mid-twentieth century. Theoretically, these wars were highly organised
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. In this essay I will try to examine what were the causes of cold war, if there any particular
mysticism beliefs. There are however many factors contributing to the Russian revolution of February 1917, such as: World War 1, political and economic failures. Therefore this essay will consider the impact of each factor in order to assess whether the winter of 1916-17 was the final straw for the people of Russia. World War 1 was a total disaster for Russia. Their army was poorly led and poorly equipped, this resulted in humiliating defeats at the hands of Germany. Undersupplied workers and peasants
global changes in the post-Cold War era including the ideological transformation of the Soviet Union by introducing a new idea of 'the end of history'. To Fukuyama, this idea signified the main ground for the turbulence and the systematic reformation. His argument that the history will no longer evolve has two main significations. First, the ideas or ideologies humans developed throughout the history reached their end points. The victory of the west meant that there was no other alternative ideology