America Won The Cold War

There is a lot of thought in The Cold War, people believed the U.S. started the war, others believed the USSR started the war. I believe that the U.S started the war for the actions they have done within WWII. The U.S. have done a lot of unexplainable things and of course a lot of americans would side with them, believing that the USSR caused the war with communism when the U.S. is doing bad doings themselves. The U.S. have done lots of unexplainable things, such as bombing Japan in order for the japanese to surrender.

U.S. Leaders in the Cold War As World War II ended in 1945, the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics began a decades long struggle for global supremacy known as the Cold War, which lasted until 1991. During this 46 year period of time, the United States had the following Presidents: Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush. For the purpose of this essay I’m going to focus on three of the more influential Presidents: Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan. All three of these Presidents played crucial, but very different roles during the Cold War.

Ronald Reagan was elected to the presidency as not only the 40th president of the United States, but also as the eighth United States president to preside over the Cold War. That conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union began roughly around 1945, as a direct result of World War II, with fortunes and policies having ebbed and flowed over the thirty-six years prior to Reagan’s taking office. Throughout those nearly four decades, there have been arms races, space races, containment preventing the spread of communism, a congressional “red scare” (also known as “McCarthyism”), and further rising of tensions with the Cuban Missile Crisis which acted as perhaps the Cold War’s absolute zenith. Thus with the missile crisis still in

In 1980, it seemed like the United States was not as dominant in the world as it had been before. The Cold War between the United States and

How did the Cold War end? The Cold War was an impactful event between the United States and the Soviet Union. The administration of Ronald Reagan influenced how and when this war ended. Using the sources provided and my knowledge of US history, the Reagan administration went to great extent to end the Cold War and contain communism.

The United States during the mid to late 70’s was in a constant state of alert; millions of citizens waiting for the piercing sounds of the air raid sirens to slice through the night air. America was in need of a leader, someone who could unify a divided country and save it from crushing economic failure. One man saw his need and stood up to the task, his name is President Ronald Reagan. Reagan rose to power as President during one of the most critical periods in not only American history, but also, World history: The arms standoff of the cold war. His actions as a unifier in the homeland and as a diplomat in foreign halls changed the way Americans and citizens of the world lived their lives.

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

These beliefs tie into the ideas that changes to the Soviet Union were well under way prior to Reagan’s arrival to Washington D.C. Many also suggest that Reagan’s policies were limited only to the United States claim to victory in the Cold War and that they had no impact on the people of Eastern Europe. In addition, they also declare that Gorbachev’s policies were in favor of the people that were first handedly affected by the problems of communism and that Reagan’s actions were obsolete. Robert J. Allison, an involved writer that agrees with the belief that Reagan had little to do with the end of communism and that he and his administration should not be given full credit for the demise of communism, holds a strong, compelling opinion on how Mikhail Gorbachev deserves the credit for leading the people of Eastern Europe to freedom. Allison explains in his article “End of Cold War: Did Ronald Reagan Win the Cold War?” (History in Dispute 2000) that “What led the United States to victory is more accurately a

Reagan became president in 1981, which means that he was president of the U.S. during a time in which the Cold War began to draw to a close. (Fischer, 1997, p.477). Whereas his predecessors used détente, a more relaxed approach in order to reduce tension between the U.S. and USSR, Reagan and his advisers rejected this strategy (Authors, People and a Nation, p.833). This led to a turning point in the Cold War. Even though the Cold War ended in 1991, two years after Reagan’s presidency, Reagan is still known to have made a huge influence on ending the Cold War. This essay will investigate his actions and how they might have influenced the ending of the Cold War, by looking at how Reagan expressed his distrust toward the Soviet Union and communism, the ways in which Reagan expanded the arms race in order to bankrupt the USSR and other ways in which he tried to sabotage the Soviet economy, but also

The Cold War was a war that spanned from the end of WWII in 1945 until 1991 when communism influenced by the Soviet Union collapsed. The casualties and losses of the Vietnam and Korean wars, the two major wars fought indirectly between United States and the Soviet Union during the course of the Cold War, would seem like a disaster for both world superpowers. But in fact it was not. The Cold war brought a period of extreme consuming by the United States especially in the nuclear arms race in order to improve the technologies that helped further evolve the power and influence that could be used with United States technology. Over time, these technologies could be shifted more into our daily lives into electronic chips that can be used in

The time period between 1945 and 1991 is considered to be the era of the Cold War. The Cold War, known as the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, each known during this time as the "super powers". This conflict consisted of the differing attitudes on the ideological, political, and military interests of these two states and their allies, exte nded around the globe. A common political debate covers the issue of who, if anyone won the Cold War. Many believe the United States won the Cold War since (it) had resulted in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union. While others are to believe the United States had not won it as much as the Soviet Union had lost it since they feel Reagan did not end the Cold War, but that

This Theory was that all computers and electronics that ran by date would short out while not knowing what to do after December 31st, 1999. The computers shorting out also struck fear that ballistic missile and nuclear weapons that were run by computer would launch and cause mass destruction. Fear of terrorism was also brought upon by the bombings of the World Trade Centers. This event happened by a truck with bombs planted in the back of it to be parked and detonated under the centers. Even though the bomb had successfully gone off, no significant structural damage took place. This did end up causing wide spread fear of terrorism though. The final fear that made the 90’s such a memorable era was the Hubble Space Telescope failure. After years of design, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched into space. The telescope ended up faulty though with unfocused lenses. This made the multimillion-dollar project almost a complete failure. In solution though, new lenses were able to be sent and installed making the telescope work properly. All of the fear brought upon by the 1990’s brought a scare for the moment, but the advancements in technology never held anyone back.

4. George H.W. Bush in 1991 declared that: “the Soviet Union did not simply lose the Cold War; the Western democracies won it” Do you agree?

That Soviet Union could have extreme tensions with the United States for past history and the threat of a war between the two nations would be constantly imminent. More broadly, American politics and government would be heavily influenced by communist ideals and the Soviet concepts. The Red Scare, post World War Two, could have continued into a state where the fear of communism was simply a constant reality, not a phase that would eventually be eradicated. Communism would be a form of government in the world’s largest nation rather than a federal semi-presidential republic. All in all, had the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated to a major conflict there would have been a huge global discrepancy that would have changed every aspect of 21st century life and the future to come. The continental war between NATO and the other major powers of the world would have extreme tensions that would result in trade and other foreign influence being very limited across the globe. The United States and possibly the USSR, had it survived, could have very different allies that would ultimately result in very different influence that would change their economy, politics, and

After World War II, continuing tensions between the United States of America and primarily, the Soviet Union caused the Cold War. The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991, the Cold War is defined as a bitter, typically non-military conflict between the two superpowers, the Soviet Union and America. The Soviet Union and the United States had contrasting views about most things, including political systems, economic systems and societal values. At the end of the Cold War, the U.S was declared victorious but they outcomes were anything but successful. If aspects like the least amount of casualties and who has the most money dictate victory, is it really victory? In fact, millions died due to the cold war and many were harmfully affected on both sides and these outcomes could have easily been avoided if instead of concluding that war was the only option, the two superpowers could promote peace rather than emphasizing on differing values. Lessons that should be learned from the Cold War are that ideological differences are not sufficient enough to declare war and that taking over nations does not make a country stronger or better.