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It is true that the West became more suspicious when the soviets began installing puppet governments in neighboring nations. Going back to the annals of history, Yugoslavia is one such country where the Soviets installed a puppet government. When Yugoslavia was pressured by the German Nazi government in 1941, she formed an alliance with the Axis of Powers. However, the Yugoslav military formed resistance armies. This is when the Partisans organized by Josip Broz Tito came into perspective. The Partisans overthrew the pro-German government. Tito's government was the puppet of the Soviet considering the fact that he was a very close ally of the Soviet. Germany later invaded Yugoslavia and took over power.
In 1943, the Partisans with assistance from United States and other allies freed Belgrade and established communist rule there....
These developments coupled with the division of Germany into German Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic re-affirm the fact that the Soviet Union and the West were more concerned with the balance of power more than internationalism. It is curios why Henry Wallace, a trusted and long standing 'lieutenant' of Franklin Roosevelt, would make a sudden about-turn and call for rapprochement with the Soviets. A sudden change of heart by Wallace could have been an indicator of an existing political will to engage in rapprochement. I strongly feel that the Cold War is something that could have been avoided. Presidents who were in office during the cold war era made an indication that any country that was under communist' threat would be given any kind of help by the United States without further ado.
Vietnam War, just like any other example…
Cold War During the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union dominated the European political landscape. They also engaged each other ideologically in Korea (Weber, n.d.). World War II was an enormous theatre. During the war time President Franklin Roosevelt cut out an image for himself. He was capable of articulating false freedom of speech and religion. The last straw that broke the camel's back was when the Japanese
Cold War and the Policy of Detente There is no clear and important threat to United States as can be seen directly now, and that had been the major determinant of foreign policy for United States for many years, after the Second World War. This has led to a situation where there are many impressions about the policies that are best suited for America and those originate from different philosophies about
Cold War Rhetoric and American Involvement: An Evaluation of the Validity of the Cold War Assumptions made by U.S. policy makers in the 1940's and 1950's During the 1940s and the 1950s, U.S. foreign policy makers were faced with an unprecedented and unexpected threat from the Soviet Union. Because of this threat, this period of U.S. History became known as 'The Cold War.' The Soviet ally whom the United States had
They did not like the reforms or the way Gorbachev was running the country allowing all the freedoms -- glasnost and perestroika. They presented him with documents signing away his powers as General Secretary. Gorbachev exploded and ordered them to leave. They did, but Gorbachev knew he was in a grave situation, cut off from the world, not telephones, and guarded. Yeltsin However, the "old guard" had made one huge mistake.
Cold War Era Many films about the cold war era, especially the early films, speak out against its ideals, while others support these ideals. Below is a consideration of selected Cold War era films, and how these were influenced by the Cold War. Dr. Strangelove Dr. Strangelove is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Its producer/director is Stanley Kubrick and the film was released during 1964. The
Moreover, ending the cold war enabled the formation of international alliances that help and support members, and also fight together against common enemies. Bibliography Cold War, MSN Encarta, Encyclopedia Article, Microsoft Corporation, 2006 http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761569374_1/Cold_War.html, last accessed on February 27, 2007 Walter Lippmann, the Cold War: A Study in U.S. Foreign Policy, Harper & Brothers, 1947 Cold War, Wikipedia, the Free Online Encyclopedia, February 24, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war,last accessed on February 27, 2007 Proxy War, Wikipedia, the