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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 role did cold war fears regarding the spread of communism play?
Communism WAS the cold war. The Communists had nuclear weapons, we had nukes. The cold war was a military stand-off; two gunfighters staring at each other, each waiting for the other one to make a mistake or go for his gun. Finally, in 1989 (1990,1991 however histornians want to write it), the gunfighter named Soviet, turned his back and walked away...that ended the stand-off (cold war).
Tell me facts about the Tsar's rule in Russia?
1. Russian leadership under foreign rulers (Catherine the Great was German/Polish; Tsar Nicolas was a cousin to Germany's Kaiser, etc.) 2. European nobility verses Russian peasants (European rich men verses Russian poor people). 3. Russian expansion EASTWARD into Siberia and to the pacific coast. 4. The Trans-Siberian Railroad; a transcontinental railroad crossing east/west (west/east) across the Russian continent (Eurasian Continent). 5. The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 which removed Russia from the naval arms race in the 20th century, and led to the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, which culiminated in the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution in 1917).
What were the Results of revolution Czech 1968?
They remained within the realm of the communist empire.
Why did the US support extreme right wing dictators around the world during the Cold War?
Because Left wing governments were bad for big business and right wing gov. would destroy the typical foe's of business (unions, socialists, moderates) thus ending up with more money for US businesses
Why did Soviet soldiers wear red stars on their hats?
The red star was the communist insignia. The white star is the US insignia. Although US Servicemen didn't wear the white star on their uniforms, we had it painted on almost everything else (jeeps, tanks, ships, airplanes, etc.). Each nation's military has it's own method and style of wearing their uniforms. For example, the Soviet (Russian) steel helmet was shaped differently than the US steel helmet...to look different, and be able to tell who was on which side when encountered on the battlefield. During the Vietnam War, US GI's often kept captured NVA Pith Helmets & brass belt buckles as war souvenirs; especially when they had RED STARS engraved or attached to them.
Was the soviet blockade of Berlin a success?
Yes, they kept people from leaving their side of the border. No, we still got supplies through to them.
How did Richard Nixon affect the Cold War?
He ended the Vietnam War and stopped the Democrat War machine that had started with FDR and went through JFK and LBJ. He also was brilliant in foreign relations. Problem was he was so distrustful of others that he made a huge cover up out of a tiny issue that he initially was not involved in. The Watergate Break-In, which Nixon had no knowledge of during its planning or the commting of the crime, was a defining moment for politics as "proof" to the left wing that all Republicans were crooks and evil. In truth Nixon was a tremendous President who stopped an out of control Democrat war machine but was so insecure about everyone and everything made his legacy a tainted one.
What was the perspective by the soviet on the containment policy?
The Korean War and Vietnam War are some of their reactions.
When did the National Atlantic Treaty Organization disband?
If you mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not yet, despite the fact that the Cold War has been over for going on twenty years...
Why was germany involved in the cold war?
The Cold War was basically a dispute between the US and the Soviet Union for the sole title of the world's only superpower.
The Cold War was not literally a war, it was more of a verbal dispute and competition between the US and USSR. After WWII, the US and USSR emerged as the only two superpowers. They then fought for the spot of #1. So it was basically the US & their allies versus the Soviet Union & their allies. At this time, Germany was split into West and East Germany. West Germany was on the US side while East Germany was on the USSR side. They were involved because they were allies of either the US or USSR.
Were post-war conflicts between the US and Soviet Union inevitable?
The Cold War was from the aftermath of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The nuclear age had begun after the droppings of two atomic bombs, Fat Man and Little Boy, on Japan during the final weeks of World War II. Scientist refugees from the totalitarian Nazi regime and a war-ridden Europe began to work with American as well as British scientists on a project known as the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project, headed by an American scientist known as Oppenheimer, worked in secret in Tennessee, employing thousands of people to work on the bombs. The Americans were the only country, in 1945, to wield the atomic bombs. The Soviets, whose nation had been exalted to superpower status, decided to break America's monopoly on nuclear weapons by spying on British and American nuclear experts. In the late 1940s, the Soviets tested their first nuclear bomb. The world looked afraid and shocked. It looked like a future nuclear war was possible and going to happen between the two superpowers. However, both American and Soviet governments came up with the idea of MAD (Mass Assured Destruction) which kept them from using nuclear weapons. The idea of MAD was basically that if a nuclear war erupted, then the world would be damaged to a massive degree that nations could not be rebuilt easily to a degree they once were. The '50s gave way to the space race between the USSR and the USA along with the intrusion in long-ranged nuclear missiles. The ICBM was developed in the late '50s and it was now possible to destroy cities with the press of a button rather than to send that nuclear bomb on bombers. That is when the Soviets and Americans came up with MAD and it kept the two superpowers and the world itself in peace.
Who were the Russian leaders of the Cold War?
Joseph Stalin; Mikhail Gorbachev; Nikita Khrushchev. that's all I know of so far. hope this helped(:
Why did Russia's ability to launch a satellite into space scare the US much?
That capability indicate that the US was well behind in the Space Race.
What happened during the cold war in the 1950's?
The Russians threatened the west with nuclear war and the west threatened Russia with nuclear war. People in both camps lived in fear as a result of the constant barrage of propaganda being put out and the arms industry made an absolute killing so to speak. Needless to say all the posturing, including the so called Cuban missile crisis, came to nothing. However, when the USSR finally collapsed the propaganda war and fear mongering soon turned to the middle east and Muhammadanism in order to maintain fear and loathing and naturally arms manufacture.
Examine the nature and scope of the cold war?
The cold war was a period of time when the world operated under an aura of fear and was basically the USSR against the western world, such as the US and the UK. All of the nations involved felt that we were constantly poised on the brink of nuclear war, and people lived in fear that the world would be wiped out at the push of a button.
What would remedy Europe's economic social and political problems?
If they MODELLED their Region like the United States of America. If each EUROPEAN country, became a EUROPEAN "State"; e.g. "United States of Europe", with one language, one money, one system, they would duplicate the success of the USA.
