The Cold War Essays, Research Papers & Term Papers (226) essays
The Cold War essays:
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
... war criminals who were responsible for the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps. But due to the non-aggression pact signed by Hitler and Stalin in 1939, Stalin did not send any troops to help USA to hold back Hitler ...
After WWII and the Berlin Blockade --- 'War and Peace' Cold War and Dètente
... Soviet threats. I believe that if the blockade had succeeded the Allies would have been driven out of West Berlin, leaving Russia with full control over Berlin. They would have installed a communist government and used this to strengthen themselves to continue going through Europe ...
Vietnam and the Johnson Administration
... president, Lyndon Johnson, was forced to make many vital decisions regarding our foreign policy and actions taken in the war abroad. Although facts and figures would dictate that America during the time out powered the North Vietnamese, Johnson's political beliefs and military strategies were bound ...
Did the USSR directly start the Cold War?
... Eastern Europe right after the Nazi's had vacated, made tensions even worse. Traditionalists believe that the Cold War was caused by Soviet aggression. Therefore, everything the United States did was to try and contain the Soviet Union. Anything done by the Soviets that were considered "aggressive ...
How far should the outcome of the Korean War be seen as a triumph for the USA? (do mind the sp mistakes my spell check wasn't working!)
... economic powers increased too. The war spurred Japan's industrial recovery and the US's decision to rearm Japan thus making the country less susceptible to communsim. The end of the war established the trend towards limited war ...
Three Main Events that Caused the Escalation of the Cold war up to the Berlin Blockade
... to their system. The Soviet Union viewed the Marshall aid as nothing more than an attack on communism. The Soviet foreign minister, Molotov, condemned it as a foreign interference in the states of Europe and labeled the plan 'dollar imperialism.' The USSR effectively declared war on the Marshall ...
Was the Vietnam War a futile war?
... Vietnam War a futile war? During the Cold War, the two superpowers, America and Russia fought a continuous diplomatic, economic and military struggle from the beginning of the 1950s until the 1970s. This battle often involved other much smaller and weaker countries to ...
The Cold War, the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the U.S
... to the establishment of non-communist political parties, free elections, and the development of a new democratic state. In October of 1990 the communistic government fell in Berlin, and the divided city was re-united. This was the final symbol of the fall of communism in Europe ...
Cold War vs. United States
... President Aristide back to his office in Haiti and avoided a direct military confrontation between the United States and the Haiti's military government in the last minute. Secondly, the cold war made former Soviet Unions bleed to white but also put the United States ...
Analyse the role of Cuba in the development of the Cold War
... Cold War. In 1962 Cuba becomes a communist country bringing up tension between the island and the US. In 1962, the Missile Crisis and the foreign policy of the USSR increased the existing tension to ...