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After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were the world’s strongest nations. They were called superpowers. They had different ideas about economics and government. They fought a war of ideas called the Cold War. A cold war is a state of...
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The Cold War The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after WWII between the Soviet Union, the United States, and their allies. The USSR tried to exert a communist influence throughout central and eastern Europe. The US had decided to take a stand...
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The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union emerged and developed after World War II, though its origins go back in history to the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. The Cold War was an ideological, economic, political and military confrontation, but it never...
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Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 film Apocalypse Now sustains a derogative perspective on the state of war and its corruptive influence. Set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, the action and narrative present the post-World War II era as a morally confused, hypocritical, and corrupt period,...
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An Era of Fear Truman had just demonstrated the raw power of the nuclear bomb, in order to end World War II, in 1945. The cost of war had immediately changed; the world had seen that whole cites could be obliterated within seconds. This would...
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The Cold War was a period of historical clash that took place between 1947 and 1991. Many International Scholars, however, believed that the Cold war started in the 1917 Russian revolution. It was between America and its allies (western countries) vs the Eastern bloc by...
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60 million dead men, women and children. World War II was simply the bloodiest war the world has ever known, with no prior war being so profound in its technological advancements to the point where it is still relevant today. Numerous inventions were made, including...
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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev had been discussing resolving the Cold War for a long time to no avail. Mikhail Gorbachev partially agreed to resolving the Cold War if Reagan stopped his SDI project (Strategic Defense Initiative). SDI was a missile defense system that would...
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During the Cold War, the United States engaged in many aggressive policies both in America and abroad, in pursuance to fight communism and the spread of communist ideologies. Faced with a new challenge and global responsibilities the U.S. needed to preserve what it had fought...
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The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) was a voluntary organisation who worked towards the aim of ‘the unilateral abandonment by Britain of nuclear weapons and nuclear alliances.’ They were particularly active throughout the 1980s when they grew in popularity as the cold war took place...
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After the Cold War, countries looked to the United States of America for guidance on how to control nuclear weapons. This is a common example of the United States of America setting an example and leading other countries into a new era. As a result...
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The 1962 version of “The Manchurian Candidate” is a typical Cold War suspenseful film twisted with sarcastic hints throughout the entire duration. Released during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the film was sure to resonate with the Cold War drama Americans were facing...
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During the year of 1950, a new tension came to light. Eventually, the conflict got so bad that it led to a war. It happened in Korea, but many countries ended up getting involved. This war would have a huge impact on the world and...
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In the spring of his inaugural year, President John F. Kennedy signed into effect what would perhaps become his most enduring legacy: a government volunteer program called the Peace Corps. Kennedy’s Peace Corps was created to send educated Americans overseas to assist developing areas with...
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In the decade of the 1960’s, there was an expanse of many different world changing events. From civil rights movements to landing a man on the moon so many things happened. One event that took place in October of 1962 that was very important and...
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was truly one of the world’s worst escalations of tension between two willing and able superpowers that could have resulted in damages both parties would still be recovering from today. Beginning with issues concerning Cuba, the crisis came to involve the...
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When the Soviet Union successfully obtained functioning nuclear weapon technology in 1949, the people of the world were forced to face the prospect of their potential annihilation should the US and USSR come into direct conflict. During the Cold War, the resurgence of domestic religious...
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Post-World War II tensions were already high due to the cold war and there was the presence of two global superpowers, the United states and the Soviet Union, the main conflict between the two sides was both were trying to gain mass support and influence...
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The society of the United States during the Cold War era experienced peace and prosperity; yet what also came with it was fear, instability, and a security threat of nuclear fallout on the horizon of everyday lives to not only US citizens, but to the...
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In May of 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered, thus starting the beginning of the end of World War II. The already uneasy wartime treaty between the allied United States and Great Britain and the Soviet Union began to unravel. By 1948, the Soviets had placed left-wing...
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Emerging from World War II, was a 46 year conflict known as the Cold War. This war was again between the two most famous antagonists – the United States, and the Soviet Union. In February of 1945, the Yalta Conference took place. Instead of planning...
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In 1789, Martin Klaproth, who is a German chemist, discovered Uranium and it was named after the planet Uranus. The neutron as a part of the atom was discovered in 1932 by James Chadwick. Walton and Cockroft produced nuclear transformations by bombarding atoms with accelerated...
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When the United States of America entered World War II, there were significant changes experienced in every aspect of American lives. A good number of both men and women joined the military due to the labor demands of war industries. This kind of demand lead...
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There were many political ideologies after the war which were both good and destructive some of which had the people paranoid. Ideas like Communism, and anarchy which caused an event now known as the “Red Scare” in which the government even got involved in by...
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During the American Revolution, Paul Revere warned that the Redcoats were arriving, “The British are coming! The British are coming!” Following World War II, a different red threat loomed; the Red Scare. America has gone through many unsettling events, including the Cold War between the...
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The Cold War The Cold War refers to the non-violent rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union shortly after World War II. It caused great animosity and has affected relations with the Soviet Union over the years. The issues between these two countries...
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The Cold War was a susceptible, yet secured rivalry between the army of United States, Soviet Union and their allies. It devoted itself upon political, economic and propaganda fronts. Brazil was an US ally during the war, however when the US responded radically to the...
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A submarine is basically a watercraft that has the ability of independent operation underwater. It is dissimilar to a submersible, which has more limited underwater power or ability. The term most commonly refers to a large, crewed vessel. Submarines were first widely used during World...
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President Eisenhower’s Farewell Address was delivered to the nation at the end of his term, on January 19, 1961. A Presidential Farewell address serves as more than just a formality, and therefore should be treated as such. It is a President’s last opportunity to directly...
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Introduction The United States’ military is continuously impacted by several factors. Some of these factors include the political parties that are in majority at the time, the beliefs of the current President of the United States, the various world leaders in charge, the ever changing...