Abstract
The Cold War is considered by historians to be one of the most prominent social and political developments of the later Twentieth Century and served to form the political and economic alliances which impacted almost every aspect of modern life. The development of the Cold War can be traced back nearly a century, but the event that triggered the outbreak of the Cold War itself is believed to be the Berlin Blockade. This paper investigates the causes of the Berlin Blockade and how this event came to pass, with reflection on how the Berlin Blockade helped chart the development of the Cold War itself.

Tags:the, berlin, blockade

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This paper analyzes the strategies of this plan and how it was part of a new trend in battles for precise military tactics. The effectiveness of the Blockade Plan is examined - its planning, execution and success. Other tactics by General Scott are presented and compared to this plan. The writer investigates how the Blockade plan altered the war and its ramifications.

From the Paper
"Developments in the art of war are made all the time. After all, there always seems to be at least one war being waged somewhere in the world, allowing for a great deal of testing and experimentation with new weapons and new methods. The American Civil War was a crucible in which a number of developments were made in warfare, and the Civil War can also be seen as the period of the development of the modern naval power. This was made possible in part through the efforts of General Winfield Scott, the architect of the blockade plan utilized against the South in an effort to prevent the region from trading goods, acquiring weapons, or gaining support from foreign powers. Scott's role has been debated given that the plan he devised was not implemented directly but became government strategy because Lincoln believed it might be effective. The blockade was only partially effective, but as part of the overall strategy late in the war, it did contribute to the success of the Union and would become a tactic imitated for other wars. Scott was one of America's most important tacticians and would help usher in an era of American strategic studies, and his role should be recognized."

Tags:strategy, battle, military, anaconda, lincoln, confederacy, north, south, troops

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This paper examines the alternatives available to President Truman and his advisers in 1948 regarding responses to the blockade of Berlin by the USSR. The author assesses the value of each alternative and explores the potential Soviet responses to each of them, then concludes that an airlift is the best alternative.

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The paper is in the form of a memo that discusses the Soviet deployment of ballistic missiles in Cuba and weighs the appropriate response to this confrontation. The memo recommends an active blockade of Cuba and increased negotiation and shows the dangers inherent in a massive military assault against Cuba. The memo looks at the resources required for a blockade and considers removing U.S. missile sites from a similar strategically unimportant position in Europe. The memo explains that such a gesture would give the Soviets the false sense that they had "won" this conflict and would show the world that the US will respond forcefully when threatened by a foreign power.

Outline:
Overview of the Issue: Soviet Ballistic Missiles in Cuba
Blockade and Negotiation: An Appropriate Strategic Response
The Prevailing Options: Full-Scale Military Assault or Quarantine
Instituting a Cuban Blockade: Resources Required

From the Paper
"In recent days, in October 1962, a confrontation with the Soviet Union has developed over the deployment of ballistic missiles in Cuba (Cuban missile crisis, 2000). This confrontation has the unfortunate potential to develop into a major conflict between US and Soviet forces, perhaps even to the point where thermonuclear war will be inevitable. This action on the part of the Soviets took the administration somewhat by surprise (McNamara, 2002). Nonetheless, when considered in light of the recent events surrounding the failed Bay of Pigs incursion, it almost seems inevitable that the Soviets would exploit Cuba's position and antagonism toward the United States and its interests."

Tags:Kennedy, nuclear, war, air, strike, military

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An examination of the policy conflicts between the U.S., Soviet Union and Great Britain on how to deal with defeated Germany. Includes wartime decisions, Allied Conferences, reconstruction, leadership, borders, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Blockade and more.

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"Problem of Germany (1945-1948)
This research paper discusses the policy conflicts which arose between the United States and other Western powers and the Soviet Union over the problem of Germany during the years 1945 through 1948. Those policy conflicts and the underlying events are analyzed from the perspectives offered by different interpretations of them by traditional, realist, revisionist and neo-revisionist schools of thought.
The wartime Western-Soviet alliance effectively dealt with the common Nazi German military threat. However, by the end of World War II, the victors had agreed on little more than to occupy, de-nazify and jointly administer their defeated and devastated German former enemy. The traditional approaches of the United States and the Soviet Union to foreign policy largely..."

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"Since late in 1989, when the walls of the Moscow Kremlin began to open up to democratic reform, western journalists have heralded the "end of the Cold War." With such terms as perestroika and glasnost almost as much a part of the western vocabulary as they are the Soviet, a renewed interest is blooming into the origins, legacy, and intricacies of an undeclared war of words, deeds, sanctions, and rhetoric that has lasted at least since 1945. In fact, many western journalists, for example those in Time magazine, laud Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as the man who brought the walls of the Cold War impasse down.

With the advent of what many term to be the end of the Cold War, one is naturally concerned with its beginnings. One way to view the mounting tensions of the early period just after World War II is to examine the press coverage in the United States ... "

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"Kennedy's Decision to Use a Blockade in the Cuban Missile Crisis
During fifty years of the Cold War between the United States and Cuba, the single incident which brought the world closest to nuclear conflict was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. In the decades since that missile confrontation, historians and political scientists have debated whether the tactics employed by President Kennedy to resolve this dangerous crisis were the most beneficial for the United States in the long run. One of the most controversial tactics used by Kennedy was an air and naval blockade in the waters surrounding the Cuban island. In the short term, it is difficult to argue that this tactic was not the most effective means of resolving the crisis. After all, Soviet cargo ships carrying missiles and components turned back before challenging the US Navy's quarantine line, thus opening the door ..."

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This paper explains that the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, during the height of the Cold War, was triggered when the USSR started building missile bases in Cuba, thus overtly threatening neighboring American cities. Next, the author relates that Kennedy's handlers were advising him to use full force against the Soviet Union, but, instead, he wisely chose to pursue a conciliatory course that involved compromises thus ensuring a peaceful resolution to this nuclear crisis. The paper concludes that John F Kennedy was effective in handling this crisis and goes into history as an American president who forestalled a third world war.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Background information about the Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy's Handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Should Kennedy Have Used More Force than just a Blockade?
Conclusion

From the Paper
"United States of America had no plan in place because the country's intelligence had never thought that the USSR would install nuclear missiles in Cuba and the US strategists had five courses of action. The first was to ignore USSR's nuclear presence in Cuba while the second was the use of diplomatic pressure to influence USSR to remove missiles from Cuba. The other options were to attack the missiles, to invade Cuba or to impose a naval blockade. Two of the aforementioned options would have led to the development of full blown nuclear war. This would have happened if the US decided to destroy the military bases or invade Cuba. "

Tags:construction, nuclear warheads, diplomatic pressure, full scale attack, naval blockade

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The paper examines Brian S. Gunderson's article "Strategic Air Command's B-29's During the Berlin Airlift", which emphasizes the previously unacknowledged, but crucial role played by B-29s during the famous Berlin Blockade airlift. The paper asserts that although this is a valuable document in its detail and meticulous, step-by-step chronological unfolding of the events leading up to and after the airlift, Gunderson lacks engagement because of his failure to really make an argument about the significance of the airlift. The paper notes many aspects the author could have addressed that would have improved this work.

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"Author and B-29 navigator from the 1948 28th Bomb Wing Brigadier General Brian S. Gunderson's article "Strategic Air Command's b-29's During the Berlin Airlift" appears to be a fairly straightforward account of the Berlin Blockade with an emphasis on the previously unacknowledged, but crucial role played by B-29s during the famous airlift. Gunderson was personally involved in the airlift, although his article takes a cooler, more dispassionate tone than other attempts to provide the reader with a gripping, involved, and 'grounds-eye' narrative of the events that transpired. His thesis, vaguely defined, seems to underline the significance of the airlift and the essential fellowship and hospitality of the British that enabled the airlift to be so successful. However, although a valuable document in its detail and meticulous, step-by-step chronological unfolding of the events leading up to and after the airlift, he lacks engagement with a central, driving thesis because of his failure to really make an argument about the significance of the airlift."

Tags:Cold, War, Berlin, Blockade

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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.

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"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)"

Tags:iron, curtain, Berlin, Blockade, wall, NATO, Tet, Offensive