Coldwar
The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief that freedom and democracy would die under communist rule caused the United States to start a conflict that would last for decades. The decisions made by the United States in W.W.II caused tensions to rise between the U. S. and the Soviet Union. Fear of Communism in capitalist nations, caused the United states government to use propaganda to raise Cold War anxieties. Furthermore, the American media influenced the attitudes of Americans, making a hatred of communism spread though the nation. Thus, the United States caused the conflict known as the Cold War, through its political policy and propaganda. The political relations going on in Europe during and directly after World War II had an enormous effect on laying the foundation for the Cold War. War time conferences such as Yalta and Terhran harshened the relationship between the communists and the capitalists. At the end of W.W.II American policy towards the Soviets changed drastically. The change in president in 1945 caused relations with Russia to worsen. Furthermore, other political contributions to the Cold War entailed the Truman Doctrine
BIBLIOGRAPHY Cayton, Andrew, and Elizabeth Israels Perry, and Allan M. Winkler. America Pathways to the Present . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall,1995. Dudley, William. ed. The Cold War Opposing View Points. San Diego: Greenburg Press Inc., 1992. Gaddis, John Lewis. We Now Know Rethinking the Cold War. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1997. Glynn, Patricia. Closing Pandora's Box.. New York : Harper Collins, 1992. Snyder, Alvin A. Warriors of Disinformation . New York: Arcade Publishing, 1995. Yoder, Edwin M., Jr. Joe Alsop's Cold War . Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1995. Endnotes 1 Andrew Cayton and Elizabeth Israels Perry, and Allan M. Winkler, America Pathways to the Present , (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall,1995.) p.717 2 William Dudley, ed. The Cold War Opposing View Points, (San Diego: Greenburg Press Inc., 1992.) p14 3 Dudley 14 4 Dudley 125 5 Dudley 125 6 Cayton 720 7 John Lewis Gaddis, We Now Know: REthinking the Cold War,(Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1997.) p.119 8 Cayton 721 9 Dudley 17 10 Cayton 724 11 Cayton 724 12 Dudley 18 13 Cayton 724 14 Cayton 724 15 Cayton 725 16 Cayton 725 17 Patricia Glynn, Closing Pandora's Box., (New York : Harper Collins, 1992.) p.135 18 Gaddis 23 19 Edwin M. Yoder Jr., Joe Alsop's Cold War, (Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 1995.) p.23 20 Glynn 135 21 Cayton 733 22 Yoder 22 23 Alvin A. Snyder, Warriors of Disinformation , (New York: Arcade Publishing, 1995.)p.221 24 Snyder 224 and the Marshall Plan. The division of Europe between the west and east drew physical borders which outlined that the war of misinformation that had began. Also treaties of the post war world further separated the two super powers of the world for the decades to follow. The waging of hot wars through other countries also strengthened Cold War hatred.(1) The first of the cold war tensions arose out of W.W.II conferences between the Soviet Union, America and, Great Britain. Tehran, the first major conference which lead America to start the Cold War, included all three of these nations. At this conference the reshaping of post-war Europe was discussed (2) Later in February of 1945, the big three met again at Yalta. At this conference European boundaries, German reparations, and Polish elections were agreed upon.(3) Stalin, the Russian leader, agreed to hold free and fair elections. Later after Roosevelt, who attended these conferences, died Truman became president. He accused the Soviet leader, Stalin, of not holding up to his agreements at Yalta.(4) Stalin wanted to use Poland as a buffer zone to prevent any future invasions from happening through this area. During W.W.II the Soviets had lost 27 million, and Stalin made it clear that in no way would he allow this to happen again.(5) Stalin responded to Truman's accusation with the following words, "
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