Cold War

The cold war was a frightening time period to live in because there was no actual fighting between the Russians and the Americans. The scariness occurred from the tension between the two nations, and the anxiety of a potential nuclear war. A nuclear war would essentially end humanity, so many people lived in fear of the mass death and destruction that could occur. Both the Americans and the Russians did not want to be the first country to attack, yet they did not want to be attacked first.

In this time period, the first country to launch a nuclear weapon would, in theory, suffer less civilian deaths because they would have destroyed more of the other country first. However, it is likely that if one country detected the other preparing to attack, a preventive attack would occur first, resulting mass destruction to both sides.

This all caused a great deal of anxiety throughout the world, including parts of the Middle East and South American, where proxy wars between the Americans and Soviets occurred. An example of this is the Afghanistan-Russia war, in which the Americans secretly funded the Afghani's with money and weapons to fight the Russians. This resulted in the Soviets being too far in debt to compete with the Americans on a global scale, and lead to the end of the Cold War.

The First Armed Conflict was the Korean War, when a dispute formed and Korea was split into two along the 38th Parallel. The United Nations had been set up, and so was taking action. The USSR however had boycotted the UN, so didn't take an active role, and only supplied weapons. China backed up the Communist North and the UN supported the South. This was a milestone in which a temporary divide would exist till today, and the first time the Cold War had actively spread out of Europe and into the Far East

There are many kinds. Concrete and steel were once used, and perhaps a layer of lead to give added protection from nuclear bomb radiation. Newer shelters incorporate synthetic materials not available in the 40's and 50's. Prefabricated bomb/tornado shelters are for sale, and plans are available to build your own if you want. Some are sophisticated with electricity and water, but a ventilation system is absolutely necessary for all of them so the survivors can breathe.

The Space Race

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The Arms Race

Positive: Many military bases with MANY employed people. Negative: Many military bases closed down, with MANY un-employed people. Positive: The Space Race and landing a man on the moon. Negative: No more interest in Space Exploration. Today NASA is begging the public to regain an interest in Mars Exploration by broadcasting exciting news about new discoveries on Mars, new discoveries about the moon, new discoveries about Venus, Saturn, Pluto, etc. With no one to compete against, we've lost interest.

Communism was devised by Karl Marx. He believed that there was a great, unjust gap between the rich and poor. His basic philosophy was to even out the distribution of wealth.

Churchil, in his famous speach, said an Iron Curtain was being created running "From Stettin to Trieste". He was however wrong about the location.

Stettin (polish spelling: Szczecin) is on the border between Poland and Germany. At the time of the speach, Poland already had a Sovier-orientated communist government, but Germany did not. The actual Iron Curtain was further west, through the middle of Germany.

Trieste was on the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia did have communist government, but it was independent, not pro-soviet. So Yugoslavia was usually classified as "Neutral" during the Cold War.

Vietnam

The process of the ending of the Cold War began in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980 and served two terms to 1988. So he was in power for much of that era .

He increased military spending, threatened to build "Star Wars" missile defense system. Which forced The Soviet Union to increase spending, which may have driven them into bankruptcy.

The phrase 'Iron Curtain' was used by Churchill to describe partition of Europe because of Soviet occupation of the Eastern European countries in 1946.

the cold war was really just a nickname, because people were afraid that there would be a war, because the soviets and the USA both had nukes-and didnt like each other "cold" implys that it wasnt solid and real the cold war was threat of war

The Cold War is the term used to explain the struggle between the communist nations and the democratic nations following World War II. The Cold War took political, economic, social, and military forms. It would be too extensive a list to indicate all the events of the Cold War. Here are a few of the major events. * The creation of the "Iron Curtain" by the Soviet Union following WW II. This cut off almost all contact between East and West in Europe. * The Marshall Plan and the policy of Containment. * The Berlin Blocade of West Germany by the Soviet Union. * The Berlin Airlift. * Forming of NATO. * Forming of Warsaw Pact. * Forming of Non-Alignment Treaty. * The Korean War (sometimes the Cold War became a hot war). * Problems in the Middle East. The US was attempting to prevent communist expansion in that area. * The U-2 incident during the Eisenhower administration. * Castro and Cuba. * The Bay of Pigs event during the Kennedy administration. * The creation of the Berlin Wall by East Germany and the Soviet Union. * The Cuban Missile Crisis. * The Vietnam War. * Detante * Glasnost and Perestroika. * Falling of the Berlin Wall. * Dissolution of the USSR.

Yes, there was a 'Cold War' between the Soviet Union (Russia) and the USA from 1946 to 1990. It was called a cold war because the relations between the Russians and the USA were very cold, and it was almost an undeclared war.

USSR wanted the countries to be communist but the other allies thought it would cause another rebellion the allies started fighting china, north korea, and the USSR

so the USSR made blockades so they didn't get over run by allied forces

Paul Revere rides for the Minutemen - one if by land - 2 if by sea... Continental Congress meets to sign the Declaration of Independence after much discussion and revising. Lexington and Concord - 1st shot of the war often identified as the "shot fired heard round the world." Battle of Trenton - Washington crosses the Delaware River Here are 4 that I felt should be recognized. I added a link to another page with another point of view. http://www.uoregon.edu/~aeide1/americanrevolution/highlights.htm

It began in 1945 and ended in 1991. The cold war was not a war in the conventional sense. The communist countries and the free countries were basicly building up weapons stores in an attempt to seem more powerful than the other, and while doing this each side stayed in a constant state of heightened readiness waiting for the other to do something.

Containment of the free trade international market allowed the U.S. and communist countries to avoid nuclear confrontations helping to secure the peacetime foreign policy.

It is cold. Very cold. They need alot of warm clothes!!!

IT IS NOT FAIR! it is fair in fairy land where every one is equal but that's not how it works in reality.

The purposes of the satellite nations was to provide natural resources and services to the Soviet Union. The satellite nations were nations that were under the Soviet Union.

Many third world countries are dormant players in the cold war. Since the cold war is mostly about outshining the other principle in making new weapons, superior vehicles and new achievements like space exploration, the third war countries are not major participants.

He was anticommunist so he wanted to stop it from spreading. He decided that under the 'Truman Doctrine' the US would help any nation that was in danger of falling to communism. This was his policy of containment, his foreign policy.

The US was thwarted in their attempts to bring freedom and prosperity to Europe and the rest of the world by Soviet Communism and its oppression of neighboring states. This meant the US had no choice but to defend freedom and democracy in Europe. Essentially it was the Soviet unions fault for suppressing free democracy and free markets.

To improve U.S military technology and pressure the Soviet Union to improve its military technology.

The US policy of containment was basically just the US policy to stop the spread of communism. Ordinarily, this took the form of stationing military forces in direct confrontation with communists: Greece, Iran, Germany, Turkey, Latin America, Korea, and Vietnam, and the general belief was that the communists (most of the time the Soviets) would back down--which the Soviets almost always did.