The Cold War Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (226) essays
The Cold War essays:
The personalities of the contianment theory and the coldwar.
... the origins of the cold war we must take an unbiased stance between the United States and Russia. Russia's political principles were critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism and the United States had trouble accepting the simple fact that they could exist. The ...
Battle of Saigon in Vietnam
... of the 1968 bloodshed, the bloodiest military campaign of the Vietnam War the North Communists launched against the south. American and South Vietnamese troops were taken by surprise by the large numbers of Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army who had infiltrated South Vietnam in the ...
Explanation of the Nature of the Cold War from 1945-1963, including reference to the part played by John F. Kennedy.
... of 1949 marked a keystone in the expansion of communism when China fell, the United States saw this as an example of the worldwide spread of communism. At the same time, the USSR successfully detonates a nuclear weapon, marking a milestone in the arms race of the cold war and the end of ...
The doomed empire - USSR (Soviet Union)
... the Soviets militarily. The end of the Cold War was primarily due to economic factors. What America proved was that the economy works best when the government stays out and individuals within the society do the work.2 It is only the individuals within the society that truly understand ...
"UN activity in the Korean War was nothing more than a cover for US anti-communism." Discuss.
... the auspices of the UN, and is matched perhaps only by the Gulf War. The controversy surrounding its ambiguous commencement in June, 1950, resolves around the United States, the Security Council and the U.S.S.R, and it has often been argued that UN activity in the war ...
Changes and effects the Cold war had on America
... all, the original power of a nuclear weapon was first demonstrated in 1945 at the end of World War II. The atomic bomb (code named fat-man) was dropped over Nagasaki, Japan proving the overall power of the United States to the world. That was only an Atomic Bomb however. At the start of the Cold War ...
The break out of the cold war
... the stated context of a general war against communism. Aid in the amount of $400 million was approved by the House and Senate by a margin of three to one. In many ways, the Truman Doctrine marked the formal declaration of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union ...
Describe and Evaluate Ways the US Tried to Contain Communism
... of the United States attempts at containing the spread of communism. This shows us that military means of containment made use of by the United States was for the most part commendably successful. The United States made attempts to contain the spread of Soviet Communism through a number of ...
The Cold War
... United States staged a coup in Iran to overthrow the Kossadeq government and establish a new government. These varied events were just a few of the battles in the Cold War of the US capitalist democracy vs. communism. Between 1955 and 1960 lay a time of dashed American hopes, hopes that the Soviets ...
America: Clash's with Communism
... the Soviet Union. With the Soviet Union right behind the United States in the arms race for the Cold War, the Soviet Union needed an extra boost to guarantee its defenses. Once the Soviets gained the trust and support of Cuba, they ...