![]() ![]() Say the most important thing that Stalin wantedĪfter World War II was security, shall we say. Other corner, wearing a very fine mustache. To drop the atom bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, and he ends the war in both theaters. ![]() United States and also kind of setting up post-war plans. So Truman is really in charge of ending World War II for the President since 1932, and who tragically died in 1945. To Franklin Roosevelt, who had been the US's And Harry Truman is the President of the United States, starting in 1945. Doing everythingīuying him meals, probably, like at the Marshall Plan. And if necessary, tying up his boxing gloves, maybe giving him a new pair of shoes. Splashing water in his face, like "Get in this fight! Get in there!' - Right. Him with a towel and one of those water buckets, Sweaty and he's beaten, but the US is behind Got the capitalist fighter in one corner and he's There are two different fighters in the ring, the US is given the capitalist fighter. They're not just betting, they're also putting money and arms where their mouth is. The USSR aren't fighting directly but they're kind ofīetting on boxing matches, betting on different fighters So this is the case in the Korean War in the 1950s, and then definitely the case in the Vietnam War in the 1960s. Is supporting one side, generally the pro-capitalist side, and the Soviet Union is supporting the other side, a communist side. Nations, developing nations of the world where the US These are wars that are taking place in other War is kind of fought through proxy wars. Of the Cold War did the US ever meet the ground is a war where the two major combatants never actually fire bullets at each other or drop bombs on each other. War, and in this case it's really, it might be a term that we could debate. I'm excited to learn about this thing we call "the Cold War." What is a "cold war" and what makes it different than a "hot war"? - So, a cold Pro-Soviet governments in nearby Poland and Hungary.- Hi, Dr. Of radical political changes occurred in the Eastern Bloc,Īssociated with the liberalization of the Eastern Bloc'sĪuthoritarian systems and the erosion of political power in the Took its toll on Soviet coffers and its military. Communism just could not keep up with any free marketĬapitalist system in the world at that time. Was a paper tiger and not a viable system, the Soviets never knew Planned weapons system the Soviets feared the most. The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), or Star Wars, was the The Eastern Bloc by basically bankrupting their capability to The "war" was a chess matchīetween the two powers especially in the development of perspective Try and isolate the Soviets, social implications, especially in theĮarly 1950s, caused the great "commie hunt" in the United States, There was little political discourse, economic sanctions existed to Spending and development "battles" were fought between the parties. TheĬold War was a non-combat "war." The Cold War, as noted, existedīecause of differing political ideologies between the two powers.īasically, it was the Western Ideals of democracy against theĮastern communists. China could also be included in the definition. The "Cold War," refers to the "war" between the United StatesĪnd Russia.
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