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The Impact of Revolutions on the Cold War Revolution was an important theme throughout the Cold War. Revolutions begat, molded and then finally brought an end to the Cold War. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution forced Vladimir Lenin, the new communist leader, to withdraw from World War I on the side of the Western Allies…

Should a Superpower Establish a Sphere of Influence? This influence, that was felt around the world, led to many wars and possibly prevented a holocaust. It was a visible defensive action and an invisible security wall. The real importance of this question is not “should” a sphere of influence be established, but “why should” a…

The Soviet Union and the United States had contrasting political ideologies – communism and capitalism – following World War II. Capitalism aims to replace private property with communal ownership, while communism rejects the private ownership that defines the economies of the United States and its allies. On February 22, 1946, Document A was transmitted by…

Spies in the Cold War Spies had a great role in the cold war, a lot of spies were in different areas to find out what other countries were doing or planning to do to then bring back the information to the country they were working for. There were many types of espionage in the…

With the aim of preventing East Germans from seeking asylum in the West, the East German government in 1961 began constructing a system of concrete and barbed-wire barriers between East and West Berlin. This Berlin Wall endured for nearly thirty years, a symbol not only of the division of Germany but of the larger conflict…

Postwar division of Germany: That the advent of World War II brought about a phenomenal change in the entire universe is no longer news. However, what is relatively unknown to all is the aftermath of the war, which saw the universe through an era often described as the cold war. As soon as the World…

The Cold War and the Media When discussing the media coverage in light of what we as Americans know now, I chose the so called “Cold War” era. Although there are many different arguments and views about the actual dates that this era occurred, it can be generally said that it took place from the…

August 20, 2014 think living under the threat of nuclear war had to have been quite a scary time for children being told to always be on the lookout for a nuclear blast. I honestly don’t think the threat was a real as the authorities made it out to be, but I guess it was…

North Korea was also ere much affected by the Cold War; “Soviet Report on Communists in Korea, 1945” validates the fact that the North Korean government would be very different if the Cold War never took place. The Cold War also affected North Korea in other ways; National Security Council Report, NCSC 8/2 justifies that…

Following World War II, many of the most powerful countries were extremely weakened. This weakness caused France, Germany, and Great Britain, to lose most of their power both militarily and economically. However, there were two leading countries that overcame the aftermath of the war, the Soviet Union and the United States. These two dominant countries,…