Cold War Rivalry

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The cold war era is when America was at its most suspicious and paranoid. The cold war grew out of tensions that were post WWII. Two worldly super powers clashed over rivalry and one wanted to have more influence. This rivalry went for almost half of the 20th century, and led to many international incidents that almost brought both powers to a mutual destruction. For the time of WWII the United States and the Soviet fought side by side as allies. Although they were allies with the same cause their partnership was a tense and rocky one. “The United States was always very concerned about the tyranny of Soviet communism and most importantly the blood thirsty ways of its leader Joseph Stalin.” (Taylor 2001) On the Soviet side, the Soviets had always resented the fact that America never really recognized them as legitimate part of the international community and because America delayed its entry into WWII, it resulted in millions of Russians dead. When WWII was over these accusations turned into both sides having a mutual sense of distrust for one another. After WWII ended the Soviet Union began to do its expansion into Eastern Europe. This feed the paranoia of America thinking that the Soviet Union wanted to take over the world. The Soviets did not like the Americans interventional approach to foreign relations. They felt that they should be able to rule their country however they saw fit without being slapped on the hands by an outsider. The fact of the matter is that both sides had their reasons of hating the other and both sides were to blame for cold war and in some respect it might have even been inevitable. Containment seemed to be the strategy of choice for the United States. This strategy also gave America a reason t... ... middle of paper ... ...ould change Russia’s relationship with the rest of the world. The first policy was “Glasnost” which meant political openness and the second was “Perestroika” which meant economic reform. It was not long that the hold that the USSR had over Eastern Europe was starting to fade. Each country replaced its government with a noncommunist one. In 1989 the Berlin Wall, which was the symbol of the cold war, was destroyed. The wall physically came down after Ronald Reagan challenged Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”. In 1991 the Soviet Union was dissolve and the cold war was over. The cold war was the biggest event in the modern history of America. The cold war lasted for almost half a century and sparked most of the events that defined our country as a whole. Although it started as two superpowers in a competition for power, it ended with America gaining a great all.

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Explains that the cold war era was when america was at its most suspicious and paranoid. two worldly super powers clashed over rivalry and one wanted more influence.
Explains that the united states and the soviet fought side by side as allies during wwii, but their partnership was tense and rocky.
Analyzes how the soviet union expanded into eastern europe after wwii ended, feeding the paranoia of america thinking that it wanted to take over the world. both sides were to blame for the cold war.

Explains that the cold war era was when america was at its most suspicious and paranoid. two worldly super powers clashed over rivalry and one wanted more influence.
Explains that the united states and the soviet fought side by side as allies during wwii, but their partnership was tense and rocky.
Analyzes how the soviet union expanded into eastern europe after wwii ended, feeding the paranoia of america thinking that it wanted to take over the world. both sides were to blame for the cold war.
Explains that the national security council in 1950 ran with president truman's recommendation to use military force to contain communist activity all over the world. this tacit called for an increase in government spending on defense.
Explains that the treat of an all out nuclear war was a threat that lived in the back of americans throughout the 1950s and 60s.
Describes how the house of un-american activities committee (huac) brought out the communists living in the united states. the hysteria of the 1950's has become known as the red scare.
Explains that america's paranoia grew stronger as the threat of the soviets expanded beyond their reach. the first actual military action in the cold war was taken in 1950 when north korea invaded south korea.
Explains that the korean war was not going well. the allies made an assault at inchon which pushed the north koreans back over the 38th parallel. china sent troops to north korea to protect their assets.
Explains that truman and his new military advisory team began peace talks at panmunjom in july 1951. although fighting continued both sides were prepared to cease fire but what stalled the peace was the question of the prisoners of war.
Explains that the cuban missile crisis was the next hurdle to overcome after the bay of pigs invasion ended in a disaster.
Explains that the vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars that america fought during the modern era.
Explains that lyndon b. johnson inherited the vietnam war from his predecessor jfk. the cold war was intensifying and the vietcong were becoming a growing threat.
Explains that nixon's goal was to clean up the mess of the johnson administration. he was able to withdraw american troops through his vietnamization plan.
Explains that the vietnam war was nothing but a back drop of the cold war. the consequences remained even after the last group of soldiers were withdrawn in 1973.
Describes ronald reagan as the president that brought the cold war to a close.
Explains that the cold war was the biggest event in the modern history of america. it sparked most of the events that defined our country as a whole.

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