Essay on Cold War

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

The Cold War and the Color Line: A Battle For Equality The topic of race throughout history has been debated heavily, even causing wars and devastation because of it. Why do we judge people based on the color of their skin? Truth be told, we find ways to judge people based on prejudices and things that we do no even know enough about to be judging. The sad part about all of this is that we still have not gotten rid of those prejudices throughout history, and in the book The Cold War and the Color

What came after the Second World War was a tense atmosphere between the United States and the USSR, which would be eventually known as the “Cold War”. There were no direct fighting or armed conflict between the US and the USSR, hence the word ‘cold’. However, both Great Powers were each equipped with armies, navies, and air forces, ready to fight at a moment’s notice. Conflict of ideologies between the US and the USSR lead to the spreading of capitalism and communism to countries caused fear for

The end of the cold war, is often considered as marking the dawn of a fundamentally different political environment. This change in environment, has brought about new salient questions by scholars and policy makers about the relevance of nuclear weapons in the world. In his article, ‘learning to love the bomb’ Jonathan Tepperman calls president Obama’s plan to rid the world off nuclear weapons wrong, dreamy, unrealistic and a big mistake. I found this article interesting as it seems rather paradoxical

The end of the Cold War can be credited to the actions of Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, and George Bush, as well as the breakup of communist satellite nations. Ronald Reagan with his increased spending in the defense sector instigated an arms race with the Soviet Union

Foreign Relations, Volume II. Gaddis, John Lewis, "Two Cold War Empires: Imposition vs. Multilateralism," in Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, Volume II The Cold War was the longest war in which the United States has ever partaken and is the only war that involved little to no fighting. After researching the events, reading historical opinions, and listening to lectures in class, I have come to the realization that the war was just an exaggerated argument between two neighbors over

remembered as one of the best Presidents that the United States has ever had, He is vastly recognized because he served as president at the end of the Cold War, he was known as the president that “ended it”(the cold war). Though, the question remains in how? How was Reagan able to accomplish the ending of something that had lasted so long (the Cold war)? Thus was a task only accomplished by him because; he had a strong perseverance, intellectuality and held a strong desire for the destruction of all

The end of the Cold War marks more than just the end of the arms race, between the Soviet Union and the United States, it also marks the weakening of communism. Communism, the greatest enemy to the west during the Cold War had to be put down at any cost, this meant supporting militaristic dictatorships that were against communism. The weakening of communism, however, ignited Global Democratic Revolutions in which the people sought to gain the power back from the government. These revolutions were

Diabate Chinmindan History 2110 Jerry Watkins 22 July 2016 ESSAY 5 What was the policy of “Containment” in the Cold War? How was it used and what were some of its effects both foreign and domestic? In this tense international atmosphere called the “Cold War,” the US President Harry S. Truman broke with the policy of his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt and redefined the outline of the foreign policy of the United States. On 12 March 1947, the US President presented to Congress his doctrine of containment

After the end of World War Two, the Soviets and Americans had conflicting views on their beliefs and ideology. The Soviets supported communism, whereas the United States, and other “Big Four” allies encouraged capitalism. This caused a tense relationship to form between the two powerful countries, and led to many international affairs. These non-violent events were known as the Cold War, and one of the most important was the Berlin Airlift. At the Yalta Conference in February 1945, Joseph Stalin