Category: Cold War

How Did the Cold War Affect Domestic Policy? Essay Often, new wars follow closely behind old wars. This was the case with the 1947-1991 Cold War. This war was not characterized by thousands of deaths due to bloody battles but by long-term tension between the Soviet Union and the United States with their allies. Starting…

How did Military Spending Influence the End of the Cold War? Essay He focuses on what Reagan endured and sacrificed in order to reach the end of the Cold War therefore conveying it is the life and soul given to the cause that matters. It is evident that Reagan invested his time and life in…

Pros and Cons of the Cold War Have you ever wondered how we live in the world that we live in today? What made it become what it is now. Sadly war played a large effect on how America is today and the Cold War is one of them. It had many causes and also…

Lasting Effects of the Cold War Ronald Reagan once said,We seek the total elimination one day of nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth, but that was in 1985 and there is no sign of the complete destruction of nuclear weapons (thereaganvision.org). This is exemplified in the ongoing War on Terror in Iraq and…

Korean War and Vietnam War Compare and Contrast The Cold War The Cold War was the political tension between the USSR and its states known as the Eastern bloc, and the USA and its allies known as the Western bloc in the mid to late 20th century. The reason for it being called the Cold…

Sino-Soviet Relations During the Cold War If one was to think of the Cold War, what would first come to mind? For the vast majority of Western people, notions and tales of American and Russian conflict and tension and all related events spring to mind. Yet, Vietnam and the Korean Peninsula were far from the…

Reasons Why Cold War was Not a War 18 years ago, in 1991, it was the year that the Cold war had ended. More than four decades of the geopolitical tension between two superpower nations  the Unites States and the Soviet Union, however, there are still a lot of debates going on whether was…

The Origins of the Cold War The Cold War was a state of political hostility between the West and the USSR which was formed through a number of economical tensions, geographical tensions and propaganda between the two nations. Over the years, the concept of the origins of The Cold War have been heavily debated amongst…

The Cold Wars Effects on Modern Day Wars and Relations Throughout history, there have been multiple causes of war and volatile relationships between countries. One of the most prevalent causes of war being communism. Starting in 1945 and coming to an end in 1991 the Cold War made its presence known. Threats of missiles and…

Who Was More Responsible for the Cold War? Essay Engerman claims that& which, to some extent, is similar to J.L Gaddis core argument – it was the differing ideas of security and with that the building of two very different empires that caused the Cold War- , as both are post-revisionist. However J. L Gaddis…