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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.
6,177 Questions
What was the rivalry for world leadership between the United States and the soviet union called?
the clod war
When the Soviet Union collapsed who was president?
Mikhail Gorbachev was president when the Soviet Union collapsed into independent nations, begining in early in 1985.
Marshall Plan.
According to Wikipedia, the Tzar Bomba was 26 feet long and 6.9 feet in diameter, the yield was about 50MTons.
For comparison the 1883 eruption of the volcano Krakatoa was 200MTons.
What signs signaled that the Cold War had come to an end?
The coming down of the Berlin Wall signaled the beginning of the end of the Cold War in 1989
How is bosnian war and cold war related?
Bosnia/Kosovo, etc. are direct results of the collapse of the USSR (they are a result of the end of the cold war).
The USA used the policy of containment to help provide aide to those countries who were susceptible to fall under Soviet rule.
What came first the Berlin airlift or the marshall plan?
The Marshall plan came first.
The Marshall Plan was announced on 5 June 1947 and implementation began in April the following year.
The Berlin Airlift began on 25 June 1948 and lasted until 30 September 1949 (even though the Soviets ended their blockade at one minute past midnight on 12 May 1948.
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What was the U.S involvement in the Korean war a part of cold war policy known as?
Communist containment/stopping communist aggression.
Why does the US not want missiles in Cuba?
Because the missles that were in Cuba were only 90 miles for Florida and could get to Florida in seconds and all the U.S. in minutes.
Why do people sometimes refer to the Korean and Vietnam wars as the Korean conflicts?
The Korean War is sometimes called the Korean Conflict, because the Congress of the USA never declared war. The Vietnam War, sometimes called the Indochina War was another undeclared war. It is sometimes called Indochina War, because it involved fighting in Norh and South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Why were private businesses nationalized in Cuba in 1959?
Cuba became a communist society and the communist believe nothing should go to the people.
Which did not approve Truman's plan to end racial discrimination?
The U.S. Congress did not approve of President Truman's plan to end racial discrimination through his civil rights proposals, such as anti-lynching laws and desegregation measures. Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans strongly opposed these measures.
The US did not attack China during the Korean War because it did not?
When you ask this question, are you referring to Red China or Nationalist China? Because there were TWO China's during the cold war time frame: Communist China headed by Mao & Nationalist China led by Chang Kai Shek.
What two countries were in the cold war?
Slovakia, Check Republic, Vietnam, Cuba, Germany, Prussia, Korea, America, Britain, China, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Communists believe that everyone is equal, for example, people can do any job they want without any qualifications.
However, Communism is doomed to failure as a leader is needed, and a leader is more powerful than everyone else.
Famous Communist leaders include Josef Stalin (USSR), Fidel Castro (Cuba) and Ho Chi Min (Vietnam)
What year did East Germany builds a wall to stop its citizens from leaving?
The erection of the Berlin Wall (known officially in East Germany as antifaschistische Schutzwall - antifascist barricade) began on 13 August 1961, with the closure of crossing points into the Soviet sector and the erection of barbed wire barricades.
See the attached link for a schematic diagram of the Wall.
It is called the scorched earth policy. It prevents an enemy from using resources for their own gain.
