Fascinations In Killing Machines During The Cold War

The novel, The Culture of the Cold War, is the all about the cold war and how that time period effected America in the 1960s. It talks about how the Cold War era haunted America with constant threats, and the talk of communism all across the nation. The author of the book, Stephen J. Whitfield, described that the Cold War gave the nation an identity crisis and that suspicion started to arise. The novel is very descriptive on that topic and elaborates on certain ideologies during that time.

Cold war was one of the reasons why Australian went to war in Vietnam, Americans and the Russians were competing as who was the super power. Cold war began in 1945 to 1991; it was about arms, race, building ammunition to become powerful in the eyes of the world. Cold war as although there were many small or localised conflicts, none actually drew the large powers into full scale war. It was mainly involved by the people of untied states of America and its allies against the Soviet Union and its allies. There was fierce completion between the two allied groups for influence and power. There were threats for the cold war to be broken out into hot war with the fear that atomic missiles would be

The Cold War took place after World War II between the years of 1947 and 1991. It was a struggle for supremacy between both the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was to dominate international affairs for decades. Major crises occurred such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Hungary and the Berlin Wall being just some of the resulting issues. For many, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue because it is always unknown as to what they could be used for. Neither side ever fought the other because the casualties would be tragic, but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs using client states who fought for their beliefs on

The Cold War was a competition. The US and the Soviet Union raced to become the world’s number one superpower, building up their militaries, improving their arsenals, and developing more advanced weapons. However, weapons in the war were not limited to only nuclear warheads. The weapons used in the Cold War were nuclear warheads, and hope and terror caused by propaganda.

Research this week was fruitful and my bibliography grew substantially. A large part of the reason for this growth was the mining of the bibliography of other sources. One of the most fruitful was, The Cold War in a Cold Land: Fighting Communism on the Northern Plains. The book provided me with a variety of both primary and secondary sources. The list of sources includes, books, articles, and government reports. A second book that provided more sources was, How We Forgot the Cold War. The bibliography provided some sources created by the North Dakota State Historical Society. In addition to these sources, I have been looking into newspapers. I have ordered some rolls of microfilm of the Griggs County Sentinel-Courier and am still waiting for them to arrive. I started with these rolls because they came from the paper closest to the geographic center of my research, as well as the dates of my research. In addition to the rolls, I have ordered The Cold War in a Cold Land, which provided a list of other newspapers that may be useful. In addition to ordering more microfilm reels that I will have sent to me at school, I will also have the opportunity to examine many more when I return home for spring break. Many are housed at the State Historical Society, just twenty minutes

The speed of technological development during the Cold War was unprecedented. Both sides utilized thousands of scientists and spent millions of dollars developing new technologies. With this development came new military weaponry for both sides. For example, both the US and Soviet Union produced vasts amounts of missiles. The US

The Cold War was the most important historic event in the 20th century after the Second World War, from 1945 till 1991 between two most powerful countries in that period – Soviet Union and USA. The Cold War invested a lot in world politics. What is the Cold War? This was a war for dominance in the world. In 1945 the USA was the only one country in the world that had the nuclear weapons. But in the 1949 USSR started to learn their nuclear weapons. In further developments forced the USSR was soon created by nuclear, and then thermonuclear weapons. (Isaacs J, 2008) Fight has become very dangerous for all.

Throughout history there have been many totalitarian regimes where there is only one individual that controls all aspects of a society; the government, the economy, the military, and the day to day activities of citizens. The reason for the beginning of the Cold War was a clash of ideologies, democratic versus communist governments; where the communist government was totalitarian. Moreover, events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War are prime examples of an ideological conflict, where two opposing sides were unwilling to stand down. Additionally, World War II also began because of an ideological conflict where Hitler was the totalitarian ruler of the German people. If embraced, the ideologies presented in the source will be detrimental to the world as it is known today.

The Cold War, while not a lethal time, was possibly the most dangerous time in American History. The United States went through three different presidents during the Cold War. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all dealt with the containment of communism in different ways, with Truman and Kennedy looking for slower and more methodical approaches, and Eisenhower, being a war hero, aiming to maximize the use of our military. The Cold War could have easily become WWIII, and if it had, we probably would not be a country today. The Cold War also pushed us to further develop our technology, helping us become the highly advanced America we are today. According to Ayers’s book, The Cold War was a time when we were at a point of high

The Cold War is generally viewed as a technological weapons race between Capitalism in the United States and Communism in the Soviet Union. The "war" was based around fear that the other side might become more powerful and dominate the world. Some historians have a different view, however.

In What Ways and to What Extent Did the Hysteria of the Cold War lead to the Trial and Execution of the Rosenbergs?

When our group first began to brainstorm topic ideas, we knew we wanted to stick with powerful women in history. We yearned to research a topic that may have been controversial, but ultimately beneficial, into understanding women figures that left a legacy. Any topic under the theme Conflict and Compromise was bound to be exciting, but our group wanted the most high action and drama we could get. Our first choice was women in the military, and that eventually led to the Cold War. After looking into the Rosenbergs we discovered the Cohens. They were even more appealing to us because they were never caught by America. They were able to walk away almost completely free. We knew we wanted to recreate and do this story justice. Being apart of theatre programs ourselves,

1. During the 1970s Conservatives and Liberals clashed over a variety of domestic issues in the U.S. Some of these included abortion, gay rights, women’s rights, welfare, drug use, gun control, and New Deal liberalism just to name a few. Conservatives pushed for several agendas which included reducing taxes, improving morale, and reducing action towards affirmative action. Proposition 13 was one of these agendas established in California, 1978. Prop. 13 sharply cut property taxes in the beliefs that it would promote economic growth. This belief was later the basis of another tax cut towards the federal government that was issued by two members of the Republican party. A reduction in affirmative action was taken when

Fear describes as the absolute best weapon to use to manipulate others. The feels of terror can drive people into doing or accepting anything. When people have a certain interest into influencing other people to react a certain way, through fear portrays the best way to obtain their attention.

The “Cold War” was a unique time period were paranoia ran high and the world was at a stalemate as it watch the competition between the two world superpowers,(U.S. and the U.S.S.R.).