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Anika Kesiraju Period 2 May 26, 2024 Cold War Essay During WW1, our 28th President Woodrow Wilson said, “This is a war to end all wars.” Little did he know that there would be two more wars, one of which was the Cold War. The Cold War was a war that did not include any fighting. WW2 had just ended, and the Soviet Union, being a communist country, was trying to spread communism throughout Europe, while the United States, being a capitalist country, was trying to contain the communism that they were trying to spread, which ended up causing a lot of tension between the two countries. The Soviet Union was also secretly keeping missiles in Cuba, which broke the United States' trust since they were allies during WW2. But the real question is who …show more content…

The Truman Doctrine ended up evolving into the Marshall Plan, The Truman Doctrine ended up evolving into the Marshall Plan and according to history.state.gov the Marshall Plan, “issued a call for a comprehensive program to rebuild Europe.” This plan ended up giving a total of 12 billion dollars to Greece and Turkey to help aid them and to help them not fall under communism. The money that the United States gave to Greece and Turkey was to show that they were willing to help them when they were in trouble and that they should stay a democratic country so all the people have freedom and not become communists and be ruled by one ruler. Another reason that the early stages of the Cold War should be blamed on the Soviet Union is that they were secretly keeping missiles in Cuba, which eventually started the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. On October 14, 1962, an American U-2 spy plane secretly took photos of the missile base that the USSR was keeping in

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After World War II, the world changed, especially for some of the biggest nations like the United States and the USSR. With them being some of the biggest powers, their differences in ideologies started to really show and lead them to compete with each other. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had a profound and far-reaching impact on numerous nations and regions across the globe from 1945 to 1989, such as Proxy Wars, Economic Aid and Influence, and Ideological Divisions. Proxy wars were a key way in which the Cold War between the US and the USSR affected other countries and areas. The Korean War, which began in 1950 when North Korean and Communist forces invaded South Korea and swiftly drew in Chinese Communist troops

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During the Cold War was based on two different types of beliefs called Communism and Capitalism and both the U.S. with its own allies and the U.S.S.R. Its Communist allies are equally to blame for starting the war. When the Iron curtain was around the East European government adopted a communist system and fell under the control of the U.S.S.R. The Iron Curtain, political, military, and mysterious barrier raised by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependant Eastern and Western European allies from open contact with the West and other non-Communist countries. (Document 1)

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The Korean War was a proxy war fought between the United States and the USSR, for the purpose of gaining power and political influence in other parts of the world. Since the end of WWII, the USSR and the United States became very hostile against one another, creating what came to be called “The Cold War“ coined by Bernard Baruch in 1947 from the lack of there ever being direct battles against one another. From the result of the bitter and cold rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union came a large chain of indirect battling over political influence in developing or war-torn countries. As this feud occurred the people of the United States mainly wanted there to be a change in Korea out of this war [Doc E], but what was occurring

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Laurelle Cornelius Mr. Malinowski Modern American History May 5th, 2023 Cold War DBQ “How did the United States utilize the policy of containment during the Cold War?” When the Cold War began, Harry Truman, the current president, made it his duty to protect and aid the United States and its allies. A prominent proclamation of those duties was found in the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was a document that discussed the United States and how we would handle the Cold War. There was a lot of focus on the idea of containment.

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When World War II ended, the world became chaotic in the struggle between democracy and communism. It is directly connected to the Cold War, in which the United States and the Soviet Union fought over what ideology was the best for the world. The Cold War era was marked by the most significant tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, with both sides competing with each other for global influence. From the world’s perspective, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union left a great legacy including economic growth, technological advancement, and social stability during the Cold War. However, the Cold War certainly hurt other countries with proxy wars, such as the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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In WW2 the United States and the Soviet Union were allies. So what caused all this tension and rivalry between them in the first place? That eventually led to the Cold War. There were three main reasons that I believe were the stepping stones to this, difference in government, distrust and anger. At the time Russia was a Communist country meaning that no one owns land, or their own property, and instead of like the US where some people are more wealthy than others, everyone is at the same level.

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Tensions were very high between the Soviet Union and America at the end of WWII, and would only continue to escalate. America and the USSR rarely agreed and during WWII they were only able to work together because of the common enemy of Germany. At this point in time the USSR was communist and expanding their hold on land around them. At the Yalta conference in 1945, America and Great Britain agreed to give the Soviet Union control over Poland and Ukraine, and in return the Soviets agreed to use free elections in those countries. The Soviets went back on their word and ruled with communism.

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A conflict is a serious disagreement between individuals, a group of people, or a nation. The enduring conflict occurred throughout the Cold War. Even though there was no physical fighting, both the United States and its allies and the Soviets and their allies used political and economic propaganda to “fight” the opposite side. Conflict was obvious when the United States published a poster that said “How and What to tell a Communist”. This poster was used to target the Soviet Union because they were communist and this was the way of “fighting” (Doc 3).

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The Cold War, an extended period of geopolitical tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, was marked by a deep ideological standoff that shaped world politics from the late 1940s to the early 1990s rather than by military combat. During this time, many conflicts and indirect wars showed how capitalism and communism compete for power worldwide. This essay examines the primary sources of conflict in the Cold War, using critical statements from leaders who directly shaped this global struggle. We will look at Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Article 3), the Truman Doctrine's defensive and offensive positions (Article 4), and John F. Kennedy's thoughts regarding the intense tensions at the edge of war during the Cuban Missile Crisis (Article 1). Each source shows how ideological, military, and

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Although the U.S and the Soviet Union had formed a military alliance to defeat a mutual enemy, the two nations – ideologically extremely different – remained cautious of the other. United States’ democratic ideals contradicted that of the authoritarian and communist Stalin, leading to increased tension between the two nations. The conflict between the two opposing ideologies escalated as the Cold War dawned upon the nations. Military, although never used to fight the other nation directly, was used to fight proxy wars in other countries; as both nations tried to defend their ideals and prevent the spread of the others’ ideology/sphere of influence aggressively (Lippman, 25). Proxy wars were fought in Korea, Greek, Afghanistan and Vietnam (Hurst, 130).

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Sarah Paroya D period I hate MUSH The end of World War II should have marked a period of relief in America but instead, it lead America into a completely different type of war called the Cold War. The Cold War was an ongoing state of political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. This constant state of tension and fear had been embedded deep in the American public.

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“A cloud hides the sky, and nuclear shadow falls across the human future. Midway through the Twentieth century, two superpowers prepare for a conflict which might have ended life on the planet.” The Cold War was a battle powered by fear that lasted for nearly half a century, but it all started with WWII. The Soviet Union’s communist world view was dramatically different from the U.S.capitalist worldview.

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The United Nations was created, the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe was implemented, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established along with a buildup of American military might after the Korean War. The Truman Doctrine that started the Cold War lasted for 40 years and saw conflicts in Berlin, Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. During the Cold War, Americans feared a worldwide catastrophe that threatened all mankind and the world as we know it (Merrill). However, the Cold War ended with the collapse of Soviet influence and the use of military strategy did not result in nuclear war or a worldwide catastrophe. “Historians” agree that the Truman Doctrine was successful in stabilizing “world politics.”

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The first phase of Europe's post-war history was very brief. It was thought ended, and a phase in global history with it, with the communist take-over government in Czechoslovakia. The next phase saw most of the world divided into two groups of states, one led by the United States and one by the USSR, each striving to achieve their own security by all means short of war between the principal contenders. The contest, and the process forwarding it, tended to be talked about mainly in ideological terms as one of communism and capitalism, Marxism and liberal democracy (Roberts: 1999). This essay will outline and evaluate the three interpretations of the start of the cold war.

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The paper then goes to explain why cooperation between states is theoretically improbable in a bi-polar international system. However, when the Cold War is examined, we come across many instances of cooperation; and not only conflictual situations. This paper therefore elaborates a list of incidents that occurred between the USA and USSR during the Cold War to understand the nature of conflict and cooperation.

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