The Cold War Camille Miles
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The Cold War lasted 44 years from 1945-1989. The Cold War was a bitter struggle between two of the strongest military powers at the time, because of the huge expansion of technology and nuclear arsenals on both sides of the war, the undercover espionage actions, and why the war was referred to as The Cold War.
The Cold War was potentially one of the most dangerous wars because of the huge expansion of technology and the nuclear arsenals that were built up on both of the opposing sides. By, the time of 1953 both the U.S. and Russia had successfully tested hydrogen bombs with unlimited destructive abilities.(Hall) The United States tested 1,054 nuclear weapon detentions around 1945-1992. (Brownell 39) The USSR was also close to developing an atomic bomb, and they did a successful test in Kazakhstan in August of 1949.(Brownell 22)(Flight) In November of 1955 the USSR created and tested a powerful hydrogen bomb. The bomb “was equal to one million tons of TNT - a megaton.” (Gottfried 53) The United States and the Soviet Union were on the very edge of a nuclear war. New jets and bomber air crafts, such as the U.S. B-58 Hustler, B-52 Stratofortress, B-47 Stratojet, and Russian Tu-95 Bear, and the Mya-4 Bison could have dropped bombs anywhere around the world. The United States had nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union and used the threat of massive retaliation to keep from getting bombed. No one would even think of using nuclear weapons against the U.S. because if they did, an immediate retaliation attack was guaranteed to destroy them as well, they called this the mutual assured destruction or MAD.(Pike) In October of 1957 the Russians successfully put Sputnik, the first artificial satellite into orbit. Then the U.S. put their fi...
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the cold war lasted 44 years from 1945-1989 and was a bitter struggle between two of the strongest military powers at the time.
- Explains that the cold war was potentially one of the most dangerous wars due to the huge expansion of technology and the nuclear arsenals that were built up on both sides.
- Explains that both sides of the cold war sent undercover agents to gain intelligences, which created new ways to keep the opposing side from decoding important information.
- Explains that the cold war lasted 44 years from 1945-1989 and was a bitter struggle between two of the strongest military powers at the time.
- Explains that the cold war was potentially one of the most dangerous wars due to the huge expansion of technology and the nuclear arsenals that were built up on both sides.
- Explains that both sides of the cold war sent undercover agents to gain intelligences, which created new ways to keep the opposing side from decoding important information.
- Explains that the cold war was named because of the fact that very little fighting actually went on.
- Explains that president reagan's plan was to build up the american military to gain superiority over the soviet union.
- Explains why the cold war was the most precarious war, how it came to be known as the cold war and what happened towards the end of the war.
- Describes the associated press's 20th century america : the cold war at home and abroad 1945-1953.
- Explains that flight, colette, "weapons of the cold war." bbc.co.uk. gabrick, robert. communism, espionage, and the cold
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1282 wordsRead More - Mikhail Gorbachev´s Glasnost and Perestroika Policies Contribution to the Collapse of the USSRanalytical essayPowaski, Ronald E. "The Cold war: The United States and the Soviet Union." In The Cold war: The United States and the Soviet Union, by Ronald E. Powaski, 303-304. Oxford University Press, 1997.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that mikhail gorbachev initiated economic reforms like perestroika and permitted greater freedom of expression, glasnost, to try to overcome hard-line oppression.
- Explains that the soviet union collapsed after a series of events around the year of 1991, including mikhail gorbachev's house arrest and the confrontation with the west.
- Explains that the collapse of the soviet union by david bender and bruno leone, published in 1999, examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, and/or scientific trends that contributed to their occurrence.
- Explains that mikhail gorbachev initiated economic reforms like perestroika and permitted greater freedom of expression, glasnost, to try to overcome hard-line oppression.
- Explains that the soviet union collapsed after a series of events around the year of 1991, including mikhail gorbachev's house arrest and the confrontation with the west.
- Explains that the collapse of the soviet union by david bender and bruno leone, published in 1999, examines great past milestones and the complex mix of political, social, military, and/or scientific trends that contributed to their occurrence.
- Argues that gorbachev's policies had the potential to help the soviet union, but they may have played an important role in the collapse of the ussr.
- Analyzes how gorbachev tried to implement policies with the idea of trying to improve his country's less than desirable conditions, but by the end of 1991 these policies can be seen as major reasons as the ussr had collapsed.
- Analyzes how mikhail gorbachev's glasnost, and perestroika polices contributed to the collapse of the ussr.
- Evaluates the value of perspectives on modern world history: the dissolution of the soviet union by myra immell cummings.
- Analyzes how mikhail gorbachev implemented perestroika and glasnost in the soviet union to prevent the ussr from collapsing.
- Explains that gorbachev's perestroika and the collapse of the soviet union is a new thinking for our country and world.
1697 wordsRead More - The Failure of The Berlin Blockadeanalytical essayTomkinson, John L. (2008) The Cold War: Themes in Twentieth Century World History for the International Baccalaureate. 3rd edition. Athens: Anagnosis.
In this essay, the author
- Describes the main factors that ultimately led to the failure of the berlin blockade.
- Describes the main factors that ultimately led to the failure of the berlin blockade, giving the soviets no other choice but to end it.
- Explains that the berlin blockade was created as a result of the united states of america, great britain, and france violating an agreed decision in regard to germany and berlin.
- Describes the main factors that ultimately led to the failure of the berlin blockade.
- Describes the main factors that ultimately led to the failure of the berlin blockade, giving the soviets no other choice but to end it.
- Explains that the berlin blockade was created as a result of the united states of america, great britain, and france violating an agreed decision in regard to germany and berlin.
- Describes how the soviets responded to the implementation of the new currency arrangement in the western zones by halting all western land traffic into the city.
- Explains that ambassador jessup was informed by the soviet representative on the security council that the blockade could be lifted even before the meeting.
- Explains that the lifting of the blockade was an experimentation of soviet policy from a militant, confrontational strategy to one of negotiating and peaceful coexistence after 1948.
- Evaluates the purpose of harold zink's the united states in germany, 1944 - 1956, which was published during the height of the cold war.
- Analyzes the soviet policy towards east germany reconsidered: the postwar decade by ann l. phillips in 1986, 37 years after the end of the berlin blockade.
- Explains that the main limitation is the lack of soviet material in both sources due to restrictions and censorship by the soviets. both authors are american but when compared the first source has more apparent biased comments than the second.
- Explains that the berlin blockade was implemented by the soviets in 1948 as a reaction to the currency reform in the western zones.
- Explains the reason why the blockade failed was the introduction of a counter-blocade by the western powers where all goods from the west zones of germany would not enter the soviet sectors.
- Analyzes how the us began the berlin airlift in april 1948, demonstrating american superiority to the world and their willingness to fight for the berliners.
- Explains that the american government was prepared to negotiate with the soviets on the condition that they agreed to remove the blockade.
- Explains why the soviets had to remove their blockade was due to the change in their policy from confrontational to peaceful co-existence.
- Explains that the western counter blockade and the soviet change in policy led to negotiations between the ussr and western powers.
- Explains that the main reason why the blockade failed was the policy change by the soviets. the americans were being seen as superior due to the success of the berlin airlift.
- Explains that toward an entangling alliance: american isolationism, internationalism, and europe, 1901-1950.
- Cites gaddis, john lewis, large, david clay, and powaski, ronald e.
- States that phillips, ann l. (1986) soviet policy toward east germany reconsidered: the postwar decade.
- Cites todd, allan, tomkinson, john l., and zink, harold. the united states in germany, 1944-1955.
- Cites the us department of state's soviet and allied statement on the berlin blockade, in tucker spencer, roberts priscilla, pierpaoli paul g, dowling timothy c, hogg gordon e.
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