The Cold War Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (226) essays
The Cold War essays:
Why did America get increasingly involved in the Vietnam War?
... the Truman Doctrine as, technically, they were fighting against a communist aggressor. America sent supplies, equipment and money to Vietnam for the French soldiers. The war with France ended in 1954 with Ho chi Minh delivering a crushing defeat to France at Dien Bien Phu. The USSR ...
How did the Berlin Crisis of 1958-61 affect and change the Cold War?
... the superpowers USSR and US argued over the status of Berlin. At this time, Germany was still under four-power occupation; however it was split up into the German Democratic Republic (GDR) under Soviet control, and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) under Allied control. The crisis ...
America In The 1950s and The Cold War
... Truman reported that the Soviet Union had developed an atomic bomb striking fear into the American nation. Miller wrote his play in the midst of the second Red Scare when America felt threatened by Communism much like Salem sensed the dangers of witchcraft. Arthur Miller ...
To what extent did D
... South Asia and in the Middle East. Another factor was the Vietnam War, where the USA indirectly fought the USSR and China who were competing for influence through aid in Vietnam. In 1969 Willy Brandt became chancellor in Germany. His "Ostpolitik" became the ...
Why had the Superpowers become Suspicious of each other by March 1946, When Churchill made his Important speech at Fulton?
... political decision should be taken after the war! Roosevelt did admit that reparations could hardly be denied the Soviets after the damage they had suffered. These events also helped cause the Cold War. Both the USA and the USSR had very different aims. Stalin wanted to maintain his 'sphere of ...
Personalities and how they contributed to the origins of The Cold War
... Truman Doctrine and Marshall plan. Truman's low level of experience in dealing with Stalin also increased tensions and led to the cold war. Stalin was aggressive and protective of the USSR as he was a true hardline communist and believed that Russia had to stay strongly communist. However, the USSR ...
"Should the United States maintain the Embargo on Cuba" Pros and cons for maintaining the embargo against Cuba. Topics include: Cold War, bay of pigs, cuban missile crisis, Cuban-US relations
... communist governments replaced, should the economic embargo against Cuba continue. I. Introduction A. Strained relations from the beginning 1. Recognition of the new Cuban government 2. Cuban move to a one party Marxist-Leninist government 3. The economic embargo B. The Cold War 1. Soviet ...
This essay describes the aftermath of the Cold War and competition that uprose between the USSR and the US, especially in the areas of the arms race, technology, and the space programs
... The Cold War was an extended conflict between the communist states led by the Soviet Union and the western states led by the United States, which lasted from 1945 to 1990. The struggle had political, ideological, military, and economic dimensions" (Encyclopedia Americana, "The Cold War"). The Cold ...
The Cold War
... Political and intelligence related assassinations have abounded in the twentieth century with the advent of the Cold War. The public will never know when one of murders takes place by reason of secrecy unless it is a public figure. Conclusion The agencies discussed above are integral to the ...
Origins of the Cold War
... of thought about the Cold War provides an interesting perspective not only about the conflict itself but also about the ideas and developments of the United States at the time. Thus, the 'New Left' and the revisionist school emerged in the 1960's largely in reaction to the Vietnam War ...