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Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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What was reference to the cold war battles of Vietnam and Korea?
In both instances petty dictators attempted to unite their countries against the wishes of their people. In Korea, Kim Il Sung tried and failed to unite Korea under his own personal domination supoorted by the People's Republic of China (NOT Taiwan) and covertly by the Soviet Union. The United Nations came to the aid of South Korea and the Communists failed to achieve union. Interestingly, the DPRK (North Korea) and the PRC (China) are the only countries to have fought in a war against the United Nations. Every other country on earth has only fought for the UN.
In Viet Nam, Ho Chi Min was successful in uniting his country under Vietnamese nationalism. Of course, this was most unpleasant for all the other peope of South Viet Nam (Cham, Chinese, Kmer,...). South Viet Nam was originally known as Champa. It was always multi-cultural. Many Viet hated this. They wanted a pure country, much like the Nazis in Germany.
The US utterly failed in internationalizing this conflect. By making it a war against communism, instead of racist war of Viet imperialism that it was, the people of South Vietnam paid the ultimate price. Upon unification various acts of genacide were perpetuated against ethnic minorites, the most famous of which resulted in a million Chinese fleeing the country in rafts (the Vietnamses "boat people").
By making this conflict part of the "Cold War," the US allowed the environment for racist thugs to remake Southeast Asia. Ho Chi Min, Pol Pot, these are evil men. They were no different than Hitler.
The "Cold War" is filled with many indecencies, but the worst was the moral relativism of such conflicts and the biZarre alliances they created.
In what areas of the world did the US specifically try to contain Soviet power from 1945 to 1982?
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Why were England and Spain at war in the 1500's?
I think because the union cutoff of the confederate trade,weakend the south's ability to fight.
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What options besides containment might Truman have considered in response to soviet expansion?
He might have considered isolationism. This would have kept America out of it and not worrying about the spread of the soviets.
Why did Stalin set up a blockade between east and west Berlin?
the American, British, and French zones of Germany were unified.
What alliance was formed between the U.S. and Europe during the cold war?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on the 4th of April 1949. The organization established a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.
Probably because Stalin backed the north.
Germany was once divided into and Germany?
Germany was divided in the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundes Republik Deutschland) also called West-Germay and the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) , East-Germany
How the Berlin airlift affected US foreign policy during the cold war?
It was affected because they needed food and the us helped them
