Analysis of The Cold War Origins
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of the Cold War. Specifically it will discuss why Russia was responsible for the start of the Cold War. The Cold War was an undeclared "war" between Russia and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. It is called the Cold War because no actual firing or "hot" action took place (Editors). It was not really a war, but more a standoff between the most powerful nations on Earth.The Cold War actually began in 1945, after World War II ended. The three major powers in the war, America, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, had created pacts and treaties during the war, but the all ran out after the war ended. The Soviet Union gained a lot of territory during the war, and slowly began to take over more, like East Germany. The dividing of Berlin with the Berlin Wall added to tensions. The United States had nuclear weapon technology, and the Soviet Union began to develop their own. When they finally did, each side was afraid of the other, and each side felt they needed to build up their arsenals and create weapons that could keep the other nation at bay. As the two coun
As they developed more weapons, they also became much more aggressive. In 1962, they moved nuclear warhead missiles into Cuba because President Castro convinced them the United States was dangerous. They aimed the missiles at the United States. We found out when a U.S. spy plane took pictures of the missiles. President Kennedy asked them to remove the missiles, and when they did not, he sent naval ships to blockade Russian ships from reaching Cuba, and Russia backed down and removed the missiles. This is another reason the Cold War continued. Russia acted aggressively throughout the time of the Cold War, and the United States had to stay ready and alert to combat their aggression. It seems clear Russia started the Cold War. First, Russia had been an ally during World War II but they drew away from the United States after the war and began redeveloping their country. The added territory after the war and spread Communism further throughout Europe. They were very tyrannical rulers and they subjugated their people, which the U.S. did not agree with. In fact, Joseph Stalin had promised the United States that the Soviet Union would hold free
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