International relations is an extremely important study that focuses on relationships between countries, along with the roles of all organizations whether governmental or not. International relations has been around for thousands of years beginning as early as 3500 BC. The most significant and influential time period that has impacted international relations the most is the Cold war, which was more of a conflict between the United States of America with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and the Soviet Union and its allies of the Warsaw Pact than a war. It was given the name “cold” simply because there was no direct fighting between the two sides. Many people thought that America and the Soviet Union were allies during WW2, however the only thing that kept them “friendly” was that they both had a common hatred for a common enemy, Nazi Germany. Even during the war there was tension and a common distrust between the United States and the USSR. So although the United States and Soviet Union were uneasy allies, having an alliance only because they shared the common fear that the Nazis would gain total control over all of Europe, they were separated by they difference in a common ideology. Now although many historians believe that the negativity of the Cold War was solely fueled on having different ideas and beliefs, but also the way each country ran their government factored into the equation. There were major events of the Cold War that contributed to the outcome of international relations. Conflicts such as Korea and Vietnam were also emerging issues that were provoked during the Cold War. These conflicts exposed American soldiers to different styles of warfare, such as Guerilla warfare, underground warfare that also made it ...
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...arsaw Pact. On the other hand, the United States was really defensive of the Latin American countries because they feared that communism spread to such areas would become instantly threatening. Another part of the Cold War that affected international relations was the fact that millions of people died in third world countries due to civil wars and other conflicts. According to Painter, “ most deaths occurred in third world countries, so there was an obvious effect on those parts of the world.” (Painter 2001) The Cold War helped provide a perfect example of how countries can unite in order to achieve common goals and aspirations. The United States looked out for their interests by providing support to countries that were capable of falling to communism. In the end, the Soviet Union’s economy tanked leaving the United States and the overall most powerful super power.
Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began with mutual distrust in World War II, intense rivalry, and conflicting ideologies. Cold War was fought with four major weapons. The weapons were propaganda, economic and military aid to devastated nations after World War II, arms race, and the alliances. Propagandas were used for containment and to raise the people’s morale and patriotism. Economic aid of the devastated nations was also used as a method of containment, as it prevented the desperate nations from falling under communism. Arms race was one way of representing the nation’s military pride and the ability to retaliate when attacked, although the arms were not developed to dominate world power. Finally, alliances were created and its scale was compared to verify the superior side of the Cold War.
The political ideologies of the USA and of the Soviet Union were of profound significance in the development of the Cold War. Problems between the two power nations arose when America refused to accept the Soviet Union in the international community. The relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union was filled with mutual distrust and hostility. Many historians believe the cold war was “inevitable” between a democratic, capitalist nation and a communist Union. Winston Churchill called the cold war “The balance of terror” (1). Cold war anxieties began to build up with America and the Soviet Union advancing in the arms race for world dominance and supremacy. America feared the spread of Communism
The Cold War was the battle between the spread of communism and the spread of capitalism. The U.S. wanted to eliminate communism and they would do anything to stop it. “President Truman suggested that the U.S. should help all of the non-communist countries by providing food, weapons, and other things to help keep the countries strong”(Document 2). Truman suggested this in his speech to congress. This would help create new alliances. Most of the capitalist alliances were on the West side of the divided Europe. “Winston Churchill mentioned the ‘iron curtain’ that divided Europe into two seperste areas”(Document 1). The East side of the divided Europe were influenced or taken over by the Soviet Union. They were trying to continue spreading. The Capitalists made plans
Chance. 50/50. 1:2. Odds. These terms are familiar in gambling. Bet it all give it a shot. Is it worth the consequences? Are the problems worth the rewards? Imagine a gamble between life and death, war and peace. Would it be worth the destruction to have your way? What would you do to keep a competitor out of the game? Going neck and neck to find a way around combat. Would the world be the same? What would happen if you lost? When tension between World War II grows, a gamble for nuclear arms rises, becoming the cold war.
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 gun combat. With soldiers and foot patrols, but this was basically an arms race. Who was to blame for this struggle? I believe that the Cold War was caused by both nations.
In his book Cold War: The American Crusade against World Communism, James Warren discusses the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, its causes, its consequences, and its future. Warren also analyzes why the United States was so afraid of communism and how this fear controlled both U.S. domestic and foreign policy. In George Washington’s Farewell Address, he warned future leaders to avoid foreign entanglements. However, the United States strayed away from this policy in 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. From then on, the United States realized that with its great power came great responsibility. The U.S. felt the responsibility to develop a strategy to combat the spread of world communism, which was viewed as the “Red menace.” The U.S. believed that communism would spread from the Soviet Union, across all of Europe; the U.S. understood that the spread of communism would not be very difficult because the destruction caused by World War II left many nations vulnerable to communism. Also, the Soviet Union had a highly-trained army, a ruthless leader, and a nation committed to Marxist-Leninism, which was a belief that human progress is the destruction of Western democracy and capitalism. The Cold War was a military, diplomatic, economic, and scientific struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States. The rivalry between these two nations also affected places such as Korea, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Malaya, and Vietnam. The Cold War controlled many of the crises that occurred the last half of the 20th century. The major conflict of course was the threat of nuclear weapons. Thomas Larson wrote that “the vulnerability to weapons that could destroy entire countries...heightened fears and antagonisms and made th...
The end of the Cold War was one of the most unexpected and important events in geopolitics in the 20th century. The end of the Cold War can be defined as the end of the bipolar power struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, which had existed since the end of the World War II. The conclusion of the Cold War can be attributed to Gorbachev’s series of liberalizations in the 1980s, which exposed the underlying economic problems in the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc states that had developed in the 1960s and 70s and prevented the USSR from being able to compete with the US as a superpower. Nevertheless, Reagan’s policies of a renewed offensive against communism, Gorbachev’s rejection of the Brezhnev doctrine and the many nationalities
The legacy of the cold war and the struggle between the USSR and the United States continued to flourish in large portions in developing countries. The two world powers had different ideologies and were in a battle for supremacy. The Cold War pitted an American led alliance against the Soviet Union divided the economical and political world into two major blocs. The cold war involved a contest of ideologies that intensified after the two great powers, America and the Soviet Union started competing for friendship from dozens of new sovereign states that had previously been colonial powers. The super powers really hunted to recruit the newly emerging nations to their side and, way of life. Each super power sought to convince the rest of the world specifically the newly independent, nearly independent, or third world countries that their cause characterized the highest human values and their message carried the hope of world civilization.
After World War II America and Russia became superpowers. Even thought they fought together against the Nazis they soon became hostile rivals. Between 1945 and
The cold war was a significant event following the WWII. The Cold war was caused by the USA’s fear of the spread of communism. This event had many impacts on Canada. The cold war had stimulated the Canadian Military to prepare to defend the Soviet Attacks. The Citizens are preparing for the Doomsday event of the Weapon of Mass Destruction. The government of Canada had decided to become a peace keeper, but eventually they become bounded with United States to defend against communism. Canada played an important role in the Cold War and the Cold war definitely had huge impacts on Canada.
The Cold War is a term developed to represent the antagonistic relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union between the mid 1940s until the end of the 1990s. The development of tension between these two countries represented two differentiating perspectives on ideological that also impacted the rest of the world. As a result, I believe the Cold War still has an impact on our world today due to the constant issue of the security dilemma as well as the current relations countries have with each other.
A Cold War is not a war involving physical combat, but rather a war of political aggression between various countries involving threats, military build ups, and spying. After World War two, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union impacted other countries around the world. This conflict eventually became known as the Cold War. During this time, two conflicting political philosophies, communism and capitalism, became global and had long lasting effects on many countries, including Cuba. In general, the Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed, but Cuba remains negatively impacted until this day. Understanding the international tensions of that time period in history is necessary for understanding how Cuba became so affected by the Cold War. Economic sanctions by the United States caused an embargo on products imported into and exported from Cuba. These embargoes limited Cuba’s ability to provide social services such as education and health care. Cuba was adversely impacted by the Cold War because of international tensions, economic sanctions, and a decrease in
The Cold War can be described as a war of words and ideas between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted 45 years. The War on Terrorism can be described as a war of ideas and values. The Cold War began at the end of World War II with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The United States and the Soviet Union clashed over their political and economic differences. The United States preferred a democratic government and capitalistic economy and the Soviet Union preferred of a communist state. The War on Terrorism officially began after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that took place on September 11, 2001.
The Cold War (1945-1991) was a substantial war that was fought on an. economic, philosophical, cultural, social and political level. This impacted globally and changed the majority of the world’s societies to a. liberated fashion, rather than the archaic and conservative ways. Global war is a war engaged in by all if not most of the principle nations of the world, a prime example of such would be of the two great wars. Therefore the cold war can’t be classified as a global war in terms of the military and actual warfare’s, as the two superpowers (Soviet Union and USA) fought indirectly with each other, however to an extent the cold war can be said it’s a global war in terms of its politics and economics. The The effects of the Cold War were definitely felt globally and had an aftermath.
From when World War II ended in 1945, all the way up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War was the center of attention of international affairs. It was a struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. From an American view the Cold War was a mostly a war on communism. The US caused and maintained the Cold War, the US is to blame for the Cold War for disparish of the communist Soviet Union in support of the political and economic systems.