The Cold War

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This paper discusses the period from 1945 to 1992, in which the communist nations lead by the Soviet Union and the democratic nations lead by the United States were involved in a war of propaganda, diplomacy, military enforcement, arms races, and ideology known as the "Cold War".

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"It was in 1945 that the Cold War truly began in earnest, due to a great number of events. First, the Allied forces defeated both Germany and Japan within four months, ending WWII. However, as mentioned, 1945 also saw the death of Roosevelt, the appointment of Truman, and the eviction of Prime Minister Churchill from office. Thus, of the three individuals primarily responsible for the maintenance of ties between Communist and democratic countries, only Stalin remained (Hinds and Windt, 62). Additionally, the Land Lease program, vital for the reconstruction of the Soviet Union following the war, was suddenly halted by Truman in 1945 (Gaddis, 67). Without assistance, the war ravaged country could not afford to rebuild.
However, it was with the in-war and post-war conferences between the Soviet Union, the United States, and England that the Cold War began to intensify. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gaddis, John Lewis. The United States and the Origins of the Cold War 1941-1947. New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.
• Hinds, Lynn and Windt, Theodore. The Cold War as Rhetoric: The Beginnings, 1945-1950. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991.
• Powaski, Ronald E. The Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Yergin, Daniel. Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War and the National Security State. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.

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