...head: COLD 1 The Cold War Corwin Schneider HIS 104 Professor Patrick Williams June 19, 2012 COLD 2 The Cold War Keep your Finger Off the Button! The Cold War, how did these two countries get to this point in history? While the United States and USSR should have been more grown up and learned to work out their problems, who were the major players in the Cold War and how were the two sides involved in the space race, when did the Cold War start and end, and what were the two sides arguing over. The United States was in an intense war with the USSR for five decades. It started in 1945, shortly after Communist Leader Joseph Stalin learned of the first atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Japan August 6, 1945. “The Cold War was a strategic struggle that developed after World War II between the United States with its allies and the Soviet Union with its allies” (Bentley, J., Ziegler, H., & Streets, H. 2008 pg. 638). But, this was not an ordinary war between the two, it was a Cold War. It had more attacks of words and propaganda competing which was the better country. One reason these two superpowers never had direct military action against each other was they both possessed Nuclear Weapons. The major powers in the Cold War between...
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...politics, culture, and society, during the beginning of the Cold War. This episode of political repression lasted longer and was more pervasive than the Red Scare that followed the Bolshevik Revolution. Known as “McCarthyism” after Senator Joseph McCarthy, who made himself famous in 1950 by claiming that large numbers of Communists had wormed its way into the U.S. State Department, the second Red Scare predated and outlasted McCarthy, and its idea far exceeded the reach of a single individualist politician. Nonetheless, “McCarthyism” became the label for the strategy of undermining political opponents by making unconfirmed attacks on their loyalty to the United States....
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...Cold War Foreign Policy Foreign policy is how one sovereign state deals with another sovereign state and will dictate how a country will act with respect to other countries politically, socially, economically and militarily. Foreign policy is not a new idea, the act of foreign policy has been around for thousands of years when neighboring tribes and civilizations would co-exist without war. Today foreign policy is more complicated than just not going to war with near by villages. Today it is handled by foreign ministers, ambassadors and secretary of state. The United States is perhaps the youngest and most powerful nation today and through its short span of being a great civilization it has gone through many ideals of how to utilize its foreign policy, but what was the process that helped shaped United States foreign policy? How did other countries establish their foreign policy and what were the goals and outcomes? Ever since the United States became a country its foreign policy was to remain neutral to world conflicts and was largely based off of the idea of isolationism, but in December 1941 the United States was bombed by Japan and entered the war as a full fledged member of the allies. Unlike in world war 1 when the united states played a minor role in the war and only claiming to be an associate of the allied forces. During World War 2 the United States played large roles with fighting fronts on both the Atlantic sides and the Pacific sides of the war. After the end...
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...In 1945, the United States and Soviet Union were allies, together victorious in World War II, which ended with total victory for Soviet and American forces over Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe. Within just a few years, however, wartime allies became mortal enemies, locked in a global struggle, military, political, economic, ideological to prevail in a new "Cold War." (Causes of the Cold War Summary & Analysis) The name of the Cold War derive from the blameless and approachable relationship the United States and Russia had dating back from World War II. The war occurred from 1945 to 1980 and is considered the longest war America has ever fought. One of the most important aspects of the Cold War era that I have analyzed is the role the Bahamas played. The reason for this is the Bahamas is geographically located between the United States of America and Cuba. Throughout my interviews, I have found that the U.S. has use the Bahamas as a curtain to defend them from Cuba. They strategically setup missile and submarine bases on key islands located in the Bahamas. All in an effort to monitor soviet submarines heading to and from Cuba. One interviewer said as a child they enjoyed watching U.S. helicopters perform different operations performed on the island in preparation if Cuba was to strike. In my interviews account they recall key events such as the Korean War, the Cuban Crises, Creeping Socialism, and John F. Kennedy being newly elected President of the United States of America...
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...The second Red Scare alludes to the fear of communism that pierced American culture, society, and politics, during the beginning of the Cold War. This episode of political repression lasted longer than the Red Scare that followed the Bolshevik Revolution. It was known as “McCarthyism” after Senator Joseph McCarthy, who made himself famous in 1950 by claiming that large numbers of Communists had wormed their way into the United States. The second Red Scare outlasted McCarthy (Red Scare). Both of these sources are part of this second Red Scare. The Rosenberg’s, Julius and Ethel, were arrested in 1950 (charged with espionage). Julius was a member of the American Communist Party and he was arrested in July, and Ethel was arrested a couple of...
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...How far do you agree with the view that McCarthyism had little impact on US society in the years 1950-54? It is argued that McCarthyism had a vital impact on US society in the years 1950-54. This can be seen through the knock on effects it had on the people in America, as the fear of communism was rising as McCarthyism triggered a panic all across America during this period. The USA was already feeling very vulnerable after War as they feared communism would spread just the way It did in China, thus McCarthyism was significant as many Americans were scared that their society would come under the influence of communism. However, many historians argue that the impact John McCarthy was only short term as soon; the Red Scare was falling apart as everyone was being accused of being a communist. McCarthy influenced many Americans through radio and press and caused many Americans to panic from Communism. He raised the awareness of the impact that communism could have on American society and how it could change the American way of life, and during this period many Americans did not want any significant change as the economy was booming and prosperity was flourishing all over America, which was a major change. Therefore, people had a reason to fear Communism as Americans were living a better and more affluent life and they did not want their privileges to be taken away from them. McCarthy took advantage of this and manipulated the press, and released as many accusations as possible...
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...traditional deportment which are characteristics of a given society, or of a group of societies, or of a certain race, or of a certain area, or of a certain period of time. (Margaret Mead, 1951: p.17) Definition of the Cold War The Cold War is the denomination given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War Two. The Cold War was a period of economic, political and military tension between the Coalesced States and Soviet Amalgamation from 1945 to 1991. Following the terminus of the Second World...
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...How far was the USSR responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War 1945-1949? To a certain extent, the USSR’s responsibility of the Cold War cannot be underestimated as their policies following the Second World War may have been seen as aggressive by USA. The forceful take-over of Eastern Europe through the Red Army occupations, especially in distinctive cases such as Poland and Czechoslovakia, can be seen as being far from the “liberation” over which the two war-time allies had agreed, while the rigging of elections did not conform to the Yalta agreement of the organisation of free ones. Stalin responded to the Americans’ policies of containment by creating his own agencies, therefore creating even more hostility between the two superpowers, while also refusing the existence of anything but Soviet puppet states in Eastern Europe. However, the event which cemented the outbreak of the Cold War was Stalin imposing the Berlin Blockade, taking direct action towards weakening the Americans’ position. One may see that Stalin’s blockade resulted in the official creation of two separate German states, one of the most significant events of the Cold War. On the other hand, revisionists point out that the USSR was taking defensive measures to protect itself from anything that could have caused as much damage as the Second World War, while the Americans, who were superior economically, adopted provocative policies. They challenged the patience of the Russians by hiding crucial events from...
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...American Combat Aircraft Superiority During the Cold War At the end of World War 2, Winston Churchill stated that an “iron curtain” had descended upon Europe. That “iron curtain” was the ideological and political barrier that separated Eastern and Western Europe. It could be speculated that when said curtain dropped, the Cold War began. Throughout the Cold War, numerous technological advances took place, despite combat never taking place. One of the most notable advances made during the war was the development and improvement of aeronautical weapons and technology. The two frontrunners of these advances were the two major “belligerents” of the war; the United States of America and the Soviet Union. As the war progressed, numerous fighter planes,...
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...you agree that the origins of the Cold War were mainly due to Stalin´s foreign policy of expansionism? Soviet actions after 1945 were seen in the West as part of a concerned attempt to expand the communist world. The collapse of Nazi Germany in 1945 had left a power vacuum in large part of central and Eastern Europe which Stalin, using the presence of the Red Army, took advantage of in order to strengthen the position of the USSR and spread communism. When looking at the events of the early years of the Cold War there would seem to be much evidence to support this. Development of the Cold War, in the five years between 1945 and 1950, could be argued as taking place for a number of reasons and due to various individuals. It could be easy to simply site Stalin as the main reason responsible for its outbreak and growth, clear through his approach on communist expansion, use of Red Army and inability to uphold agreements. However, for a war of any king to develop, there is always more than one party involved and the USA and its President Harry Truman could also be said to have contributed to the development of the Cold War; partly because of being aggressive to Stalin- taking an Iron Fist on dealings with Russia through polices such as the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. Issues such as Britain and Churchill´s Iron Curtain Speech can also be seen as hindering relations between the two superpowers in the Cold War, and therefore playing a role in its development. It is correct...
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...Tension, conflict, division. The Cold War had many of these attributes and sometimes on a large scale. It’s no surprise then that there are traces of minor conflicts that occurred within the United States. Each of the sources “Why I Quit Working”, “A Purpose for Modern Woman”, and “The Army-McCarthy Hearing” display some form of clash. In “The Army-McCarthy Hearing” we see the bigger fight against communism that the Cold War was famous for and in “Why I Quit Working” and “A Purpose for Modern Women” we see the lesser-known struggle that women faced when they had to decide to work, or to stay at home and take care of their children. One of the biggest conflicts that the United States was involved in after World War II was the Cold War and the fight against communism. No source shows that conflict better than “The Army-McCarthy Hearing”. Joseph McCarthy, was a Senator who quickly became famous for his crusade against communism and his ruthless interrogations. The pinnacle of his political career was during the Army-McCarthy Hearing. The climax of the hearing was the famous statement by army lawyer Mr. Welch who exclaimed “Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have...
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...during a great part of the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev sure left an imprint on world politics and history as we know it. Nikita Khrushchev was born to Sergei Khrushchev and Ksenia Khrushchev on April 15, 1894 in the peasant village of Kalinovka, Russia. Money was always short and his family did whatever they could to get by. When he was young, he worked as a herdsboy and only attended school for four years. Part of his schooling was in the village’s parochial school and the other part was spent in Kalinovka’s state school. His teacher, Lydia Shevchenko, told him to continue studying and to attend school, but his family’s economic state could not support it. In 1908 his father moved to Yuzovka to work as a miner and Nikita followed, fourteen at the time. At fifteen he became a mechanic’s apprentice. After his apprenticeship ended, a factory hired him. That job was lost because he collected money to help the families of victims of the Lena Goldfields Massacre. Later he was hired to fix underground equipment for a mine in Rutchenkovo. In 1914, World War I he did not have to join since he was a skilled metal worker. That same year he married Yefrosinia Pisareva. Later on the couple had a daughter named Yulia in 1915. They also had a son named Leonid in 1917. In 1918 Khrushchev joined the Bolsheviks. It was a year where the Russian Civil War between the Bolsheviks and the White Army was escalating. In 1919 he was sent into the Red Army to take on the role of political commissar....
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...Running head: LATIN AMERICA AND AMERICAN INFLUENCE 2 Introduction What principal nations of Latin America entered in the twentieth century that was varying of stages? Thesis: Latin America entered the twentieth century of political and economic development that proved turbulent. Following the political and economic development, WWII and the Cold War made it not able to function throughout the Western Hemisphere. Latin Americas’ major nation started to become part of a wide and bigger complex of the global system. Of Course, Latin American had its’ concerns that were subordinated and superpower for their rivalries. Between the 1960s and 1970s, the U.S. was supporting military dictatorships in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. These countries feared...
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...Intelligence for the Twenty-First Century ALAN DUPONT Strategic discourse over the past decade has been dominated by a debate over the nature of future warfare and whether or not there is a ‘revolution in military affairs’ (RMA). Supporters contend that developments in military technology, especially precision guidance and high-speed data processing, in conjunction with advances in doctrine and strategy, will fundamentally transform the way in which future wars will be fought and privilege RMAcapable forces in the contest to achieve battlefield dominance.1 Sceptics, on the other hand, regard the RMA as being more evolutionary than revolutionary, and argue that many of the technical advances associated with the RMA do not necessarily presage a paradigm shift in warfare.2 However, all agree that timely, accurate and useable intelligence will be critical to the successful conduct of war in the twenty-first century, perhaps more so than in any previous era. It is surprising, therefore, how little academic attention has been devoted to the changes that are taking place in the technology, management and integration of the intelligence systems that will underpin any RMA. It is the contention of this article that the transformation of intelligence architectures, particularly in the West, is no less profound than that of the weapons, platforms and warfighting systems they are designed to support and enhance. Moreover, the cumulative weight of the changes in prospect will redefine the...
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.... All Japanese Americans were placed into “Internment Camps” where they were held and monitored by the U.S. Military and what they did, causing them to lose most of their value as they were forced to leave their homes immediately to arrive at these camps to live. One example of the condition was a book who was written by a Japanese American living in the camp called “Farewell to Manzanar” by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and was published to show how bad the condition was and that there was no representation to the people living there. People stripped of their rights, and no way to speak up and give the defense of themselves and their rights, were forced to live in these camps in poor condition with very little help from outsiders and were flat out rejected and were denied most basic rights for the possibility of being a...
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