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In what ways were the Soviet Union and the US different during the Cold War?
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∙ 12y ago
Acoroding to Dr. kissenger during the cold war the USSR played Chess looking as a grand master would at least eight moves ahead at all moves. The US in comparison only reacted to the moves made with little long term (20-40-50) years into the future planing. They played chess we just moved the pieces. Did we win the cold war? Good question, did communism fall see ansers at the wikI. This was said by Henery possibly in an enterview I read in some foreign policy magazine.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe US, as a capitalist democracy, saw the world as a community of international trading partners, all with their own sovereignty. It gained power through commercial and industrial cooperation with developing countries.
The Soviet Union, a Communist Party oligarchy, sought to extend its military and political control through socialist revolutions and satellite dictatorships. By making other nations into helpless subservients, the USSR could maintain its economy despite the utter failure of collectivism.
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∙ 7y agoThere were significant economic differences between the US and the USSR during the Cold War. A major and embarrassing economic difference was that because of the Soviet collective farm system, there were shortages in key crops such as corn. The USSR was forced to buy corn from its Cold War enemy the US. Additionally, consumer products in the US and the Western world were abundant, while in the USSR and her communist allies, there were shortages in such goods. These are two major examples of how state-run large industries, such as in the USSR cannot compete with free market economies that the US and her allies have.
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∙ 12y agoSoviet Union were a communist and Dictatorship. The US were Capitialism and democracy I LIKE Pizza
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Soviet Union appeasement with US during the Cold War?
yes
Who was our primary enemy during the cold war?
Soviet Union (Russia.)
What describes a major factor in the conflict that the US had with the Soviet Union during the Cold War?
The United States opposed the Soviet Union's communist system.
Explain how differences between the Soviet Union and the West led to the Cold War?
In the post-World War II era, different value-systems, world-views, and socio-political ideals were the the main causes of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. As a communist country, the Soviet Union's basic commitments were quite different from the democratic-republican commitments of America. At the same time, the Soviet Union's tremendous suffering during both world wars affected its aggressive foreign (and domestic) policy during the Cold War, as well.
During the cold war American relations with the Soviet Union were dominated by?
Containment.
Who presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War and just prior to its breakup?
Several men presided over the Soviet Union during the Cold War; the last leader of the Soviet Union was Boris Yel'tsin.
What was the soviet union during the cold war?
Russia
What was the Soviet Union's rise and fall during the cold war?
no the fall of the soviet union was actually the cause of the end so it is not actually considered to have occurred during the cold war
Who was the US main adversary during the cold war?
US Verses USSR.
What country was the soviet union during the cold war?
Russia
Who was the US competing with during the Cold War?
The Soviet Union
Who were the soviet union leader during the cold war?
Joseph Stalin
What were the major goals of the soviet union during the cold war?
bless you.
What was the capital city of the soviet union during the cold war?
Moscow.
Soviet Union appeasement with US during the Cold War?
yes
Who was our primary enemy during the cold war?
Soviet Union (Russia.)
Longest leader of soviet union during cold war?
Leonid Brezhnev had the longest tenure (18 years) as the Soviet leder during the Cold War.
