The Cold War

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This paper describes the emergence of the Cold War and the resulting political events that took place because of it. The paper first relates that the Soviet Union, a communist entity, took control over certain countries of Eastern Europe and many in Central Europe and that the regions dominated by the Soviet Union became known as the iron curtain. The paper then discusses events that took place during the Cold War such as the Berlin Blockade, the setup of NATO, the Warsaw Pact and the onset of McCarthyism in America against communism. The paper also looks at the events that led to the end of the Cold War such as the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and the eventual tearing down of the Berlin Wall.

From the Paper:

"On United States soil, American citizens began to fear that there were Soviet spies everywhere. The accusations of Alger Hiss aroused their first severe suspicions and paranoia. In 1948 Whittaker Chambers, a senior editor at Time magazine and a former Communist, accused Alger Hiss of having been a member of an underground organization of the United States Communist Party. Chambers repeatedly changed his story when asked to testify to this in court. Hiss was convicted on several counts of perjury but was never able to be convicted of espionage. Nevertheless, paranoia spread across America. ("Alger Hiss" Par 2,3)"

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