nations, ultimately to benefit and foster the national security, defense and interest of the America. The foreign policy has been shaped up by numerous historic events, tailored to the needs of the American individual. After the Revolutionary War, the United States was aiming to keep its independence and protect the national interests from the European world powers. The Monroe Doctrine policy was established to limit the European interference in the Western Hemisphere in attempt to colonize
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became less and less friendly. Tensions and paranoia across the wall grew deeper leading the Cold War to spawn The Arms Race. The Arms Race lead to the Space Race which lead to the technology boom which we are benefiting from today. Was the Cold War unavoidable? Could it have been avoided if different personalities had lead the various factions at Yalta? Perhaps, However capitalist and communist ideology like Muslims and Christians before them would have clashed on the world stage at some point,
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different ideologies, thus producing a disorganized and weak country. At 1979, the Soviet Union decide to support the socialist party for their own interest by sending thousands of troops to fight against the Afghan resistance; an anti-communism movement(Office of Historian) . This movement was called the mujahideen movement who are fighting against non-Muslims forces and they were heavily supported by the U.S, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, and Egypt(The Institute for the Study of War). As the
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America’s Invisible Cold War Weapon Often overlooked in analyses of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, religion acted as a powerful tool to direct U.S. leaders’ decisions and unite Americans in the war against the Soviets (Kirby, 2003; Grimshaw, 2011; Winsboro 2009; Gaddis 1997). Emerging out of studies of the cultural dimension of the Cold War, the “religious Cold War” has become a subject of focus for scholars in the past two decades. Dianne Kirby, a professor of history at the University
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Francis Fukuyama. The end of the Cold War as the end of history. Introduction. The specifics of the international situation after the Cold War. Since 1985, the world is going through an amazing evolution. The interdependence emerged and has become a reality of understanding of all processes in the world. Peace, freedom, human rights, social security, democracy have taken place of those values, because of which the major battles were unfold in the international arena and within countries.
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World War, a significant conflict arose between Allied powers. The United States and the Soviet Union were the two major nations who had their differences within their goals, values, and beliefs. It was a political and economic struggle for the U.S. and the USSR. Their tense relationship was because they wanted to spread their ideology across the world. The dispute among the powers lasted from 1945 up to 1991. This crucial disagreement between the Americans and the Soviets is known as the Cold War
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The end of World War II saw the rise of tensions and hostilities between the United States and the Soviet Union, an era of time known as “The Cold War.” It resulted from the expansion of Soviet influence, specifically communism, into Eastern Europe, which worried the democracies of the west that had established political primacy in Western Europe. America and the Soviet Union promoted opposing economic and political ideologies and competed for international influence. The American response to Soviet
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the USA’ how far do you agree with this judgment? It is accurate to argue that the Red Scare has been exploited by some self-seeking individuals such as Joseph McCarthy after the Second World War, and that the real problem and monolithic view of communism was a real threat to America during the Cold War up until the 1990s. As the relationship between American and the USSR had intensified through 1940-50s, the panic and mass hysteria in reaction to the perceived threat of communism inversion of
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Seeds of conflict What were the characteristics of Cold War? Ideologies : Communism v. capitalism Capitalism: production of goods and distribution is dependent on private capital with a view to making profit; capitalist economies run by individuals rather than by state Communism: hostile to capitalism, which exploits workers; ideally all property, businesses & industry should be state-owned, ‘each gives according to their ability to those according to their need’ Economics: Marshall Plan
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Terrorism from the left and right Terrorism can be defined as the indiscriminate use of violence to cause fear amid people to achieve an objective that may be financial, political, and religious or based on some specific ideology (Fortna, 2015). Terrorism from the left and right refers to left-wing terrorism and right-wing terrorism. Also, Left-wing terrorism can be related to Marxist–Leninist or revolutionary terrorism. It usually targets capitalists or conservative regimes to overturn their rule
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