Unavoidable Cold War
Irina Shemetova
History 12
Chris Nielsen, PhD
June 13, 2015
Unavoidable Cold War
The phrase "cold war" is associated with the so-called "competition" of the United States and the USSR, which began almost immediately after the Second World War. The Soviet Union was in fact a serious competitor to the United States in terms of the international prestige and as one of the most influential superpowers of the world at that time. Instead, the partnership between the victor countries soon turned into an indirect, "cold" war. Despite the scale and actuality, this subject is studied a little, and is not quite fully covered in the historical literature. Cold War was unavoidable because of Stalin 's mistrust after U.S. intervention in 1918, Churchill 's "Unthinkable" operation and his speech in Fulton and also Truman 's friendship with Churchill, his Marshall Plan and offensive comments.
Many people think that American troops have never fought on the Russian land. However, in September 1918, the 339th Regiment of American Infantry disembarked at the port of Archangel, in the North of the newly formed Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Multi-national forces of the Triple Entente, including Americans and British, arrived to the North to support the White army. However, troops were not aware of this fact. We can see that from the work of Joel Moore ""M" Company 339th Infantry in North Russia". Moore says in his work "we were told, we are
The Cold War was an over 40 year war between the former World War II alliances The United States and The Soviet Union. This was a war that begun by political disagreements, harsh anti-communist words from Winston Churchill, and a power imbalance between The Soviet Union and The United States. Though it was a war, a new, lethal weapon was used to emotionally harm the opposing country rather than causing physical damage.
During WWII there was a power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States. Then after the atomic bomb that the U.S. sent to Japan it was heightened because of the threat of the nuclear war. This then was the beginning of the Cold War. It was the struggle between two world superpowers. Although the bomb was the “beginning” of the Cold War there were many other causes to this war. For example the two both had different political systems. The U.S. is based on democracy, capitalism and freedom. U.S.S.R. is based on dictatorship and communism and control which was a big no to America because they feared of a communist attack. In the end the two allied forces broke up. Truman also disliked Stalin which was another
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 an ideological war that escalated into a polarized conflict between the USSR and the US. The Cold War emerged following World War II (WWII). During WWII, the USSR and the US engaged in an uneasy alliance with a common aim to keep a common enemy at bay. The objectives of both nations centered on global supremacy and preservation of the threat of aggression from Germany. Any threat of aggression could escalate into a war that could pose a threat to US or USSR global hegemony.
The Cold War was a period of espionage and international rivalry between the U.S. and the USSR. It involved no armed conflicts between the two nations but was just as expensive. The Cold War was caused by tension during WWII and political ideologies which created distrust and pushed the U.S. and the USSR to the edge of conflict. The Cold War affected the legacies of both the U.S. and the USSR.
The Cold War could be described as one of the most 'distant' wars in history because there was no direct military fighting involved, only threats and fights through other countries. Although, many lives and money was lost, it was not as fatal and severe as World War II. In 1947, or right after World War II, the Cold War began due to conflict between the United States and Soviet Union. It ended on December 26, 1991 and the United States endured most of the damage that was a result of the war while Russia became a larger territory through the countries they gained power over. The war took place in the U.S., USSR, Europe, Cuba, Vietnam, Greece, Korea, East Asia and South America and lasted for over forty years. Although both contributed to the war, the United States should be blamed for the increasing tensions of the Cold War because of the NATO, Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine.
Their goals after the war was over were to rebuild after the devastations of war and redefine their borders to prepare for another attack just as that of Germany. From the Russian point of view, they were devastated that America did not open the second front of the war early enough, causing a great deal of Russian casualties. America also did not help the USSR financially after the war when they did help England, causing more anger to develop. Thirdly, Russia was eager for more land to act as a buffer zone to protect them from future invasions. To compensate for this, they went after the German land that was divided equally between the four main Allied powers. Russian forces blocked all roads that led to the American, British, and French sections of the capital, Berlin. This caused the Berlin Airlift, where these countries were forced to airdrop supplies into Berlin because of the Soviet
The Cold War was a war without battle. After WWII, tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union, creating the Cold War. The threat of a nuclear war kept it from being a ‘cold war’. However, each country continued trying to show off how strong they were by how powerful their atomic weapons were. This changed lives on the homefront.
A Cold War is when there is a large amount of tension built up between two countries but no fighting occurs. The Cold War between U.S. and Russia started in 1947 and ended in 1991. It started over a race to build a bigger and better atomic bomb. Although the U.S. working class was able to live comfortably again, the Cold War affected the United States by increasing people’s fears of Communist spies, of nuclear war, and of losing to the Soviet Union.
After World War II, the USSR and United States engaged in an unprecedented conflict called the Cold War. Despite the armaments being produced, this war was not directly fought with thousands of soldiers or massive weapons. An enormous rise in tensions created a competition between the two countries for diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military dominance. Of course, nothing was official until President Harry Truman and Winston Churchill worked together to form a partnership of anti Soviet aggression. The Truman Doctrine and Iron Curtain Speech officially started the Cold War, initiated worldwide indirect fighting, and ended the United States’ well-established policy of isolationism.
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.
The cold war was a historical event that was an outcome of a disagreement. This disagreement was between two power countries that were known as the United States and the Soviet Union. Both of them had a huge influence on everyone around them causing them to pick sides. During World War Two, the United States and the Soviet Union actually fought together as allies against the Axis powers. The united States had a wary for a long time about the Soviet communism and their Russian leader Joseph Stalin to gain in.
War. Humans have thrived from war for as long as we can remember. The United States has been fighting wars ever since we found the new country in North America that we now call the United States. We fought against our selves for the freedom of others. We fought in several world wars. We have always fought. But in the late 1940's “war” changed forever. This was well known as the Cold War. Why was this so different? “ The world had never experienced anything like it. The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States was a half century of military build-up, political maneuvering for international support (Hanes, Sharon M., and Richard C. Hanes).” This means that the world has always seen war as either hand to hand combat or gun to
The Cold War was the ideological conflict between the two superpowers of the world, the democratic United States of America and the communist Soviet Union. For over fifty years the two superpowers fought each other indirectly for power and control of the world. The Cold War started after the end of the Second World War in 1945 when the eyes of both superpowers were no longer looking at Nazi Germany, but instead at each other and the fate of the rest of the world. The Cold War began after the Second World War had ended, although tensions between the two new superpowers, United States and Soviet Union, had been lasting since 1917 with the start of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. With the start of the Second World War, tensions were put
The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States and its allies.