------------------------------------------------- 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…

The Cold War was a conflict in which the main parties were the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This conflict lasted approximately forty-five years, and though there was no direct war in between the two nations, there were many repercussions of the hostilities. Some effects were negative, like the prevention of peace treaties being made between the East and the West, and the weakening of economies, but some were positive. The Space Race was directly…

President Richard Nixon once famously remarked, “The Cold War isn’t thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn’t sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.” If there is only one statement that captures the raw tension and scale of the Cold War, it is this. In fact, the real heat of the Cold War was often felt in Asia, rather than Europe or America itself. Real conflict broke out in Asia during this tense period of American history, such as in the correlated but…

World War 1-who was to blame? World War 1 broke out when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, whose organization implicated members of Serbian military. For this reason, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, supported by Germany. This triggered chain reaction, nations in Europe declaring war on the other nations, which, with in a month, caused Europe to turn into a battlefield. The Great War was ended, when the Treaty of Versailles…

Who was to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? In this essay I will be exploring the reasons as to why some people would argue that a certain person or people are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. I will show understanding of the plot, character and themes and Shakesperes use of language and dramatic devices within the play. Firstly, some people believe that the parents of Romeo and Juliet were to blame for their deaths because of the ongoing feud between the two families. The…

1947-1991 what is known as the Cold War happened. The Cold War was between two world powers, the USA and the Union of Soviet Republics (USSR). However, the war before the Cold War, World War II (WWII), was what led to the Cold War. The USA was not involved in WWII however, until the Japanese decided to make an attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Since they were attacked, they could no longer ignore what was happening in the world and joined forces with the USSR to stop the war. The USA decided to drop…

“What was the Cold War?” HIS 122-DS11. December 9, 2014. Katrina Dillow What was the Cold War? When did it happen? Who was involved? What happened during the Cold War? The main focus of this paper is to open the realization that the Cold War was not what most people believe it to be, a short period of time when no conflicts actually took place. In reality, the Cold War took place over a period of more than 30 years and involved considerable death and destruction. What was the Cold War? This…

The Cold War was not a normal conflict. The US and the USSR never fought. However, they often supported different warring sides. Nevertheless, we can say that the Cold War is a political, military and media conflict, which has a large effect over the lives of thousands of innocent civilians. The Cold War is a battle between totalitarianism and democracy, battle for a new world turn between two opposing systems. This essay will look at three different theories that explain why the Cold War came to…

Introduction To gain a full understanding of the Cold War, the knowledge of the why it started, an in depth analysis of what both sides contributed to make the Cold War what was and knowing whether the Cold War was inevitable or not is necessary. There were many different actions that both of the two major superpowers, the US and the USSR took that started the Cold War. I believe that the Cold War was inevitable because of the difference in ideologies between the US and the USSR, and the large…

From when World War II ended in 1945 to Soviet Union falling in 1991, the Cold War had a major influence in international affairs. It was a continuous competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Arne Westad argues that “the Cold War was a continuation of colonialism through slightly different means” (Westad, 396). I believe this statement is a description of World War II’s colonialism ways transitioning onto another international conflict; the Cold War. The Cold War began as a disagreement…