Abstract This paper is an analysis of the ColdWar that posits the theory that America and the former Soviet Union share equal responsibility for its start. It looks at East-West competition and strained relations between the U.S. and Soviet Union following World War II.
From the Paper "One historian defines the Cold War as a period of East-West competition, tension and conflict short of full-scale war characterized by mutual perceptions of hostile intention between military-political alliances or blocs ..."
Tags: Truman, Kennedy, Stalin, Khrushchev, Eisenhower, Nixon, Truman Doctrine, Bay of Pigs, coldwar, Berlin Wall
Abstract Stanley Kubrick uses satire to provide a very different view of the ColdWar. This paper shows Kubrick's overall critique of the ColdWar and how some events in the movie are related to the events of the time. Also uses examples from the movie and other authors.
From the Paper "The Cold War developed after World War II between the United States, with their allies, and the Soviet Union. It was a very tense time in American history marked by suspicion, distrust, paranoia, and most importantly misunderstanding. In Stanley Kubrick's film, "Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", he takes shots at all of these different attitudes toward the Cold War. Kubrick's mind developed a very different view of this time in American history, one of sarcasm and ridiculous characters, but his film will go down as one of the first of its kind."
Abstract This paper discusses how President Truman's rhetorical style and manner of outlining the objectives and direction of American politics, brought a radical change to the rhetoric of American politics especially during the ColdWar. The paper examines the phases that Truman's rhetorical context follows, focusing on his rhetoric in the first years of the ColdWar just after World War II and the following years.
Outline:
Introduction
Propaganda during the ColdWar a) Period of Naivete
b) Period of Hysteria
Evaluation
From the Paper "According to Medhurst (1988), between 1945 to 1947, Truman exhibited rhetorical failures by choosing the rhetorically "inappropriate strategy of silence and noncommitment" (p.54) when confronted with the inflexible and deceitful politics of the Soviet Union. Medhurst states that the President's rhetoric during this period, was reticent and one which failed to inform the Americans about the arising problems of Soviet "expansionism, intimidation and support for indigenous armed minorities" (p. 55). In fact, Medhurst defines Truman's rhetoric as a "rather laudatory of the Soviet Union" (p. 55) and points out that it was due to his forthright, clear and authoritarian rhetorical manner that lead to the perception that the Soviet-American relations were mildly positive. However, even though this authoritarian style attempted to portray the Soviet Union in a mildly positive light in the eyes of the American public, "rhetoric had not mirrored reality" (Medhurst, 1988, p. 56). Vague assertions such as "we shall refuse to recognize any government imposed upon any nation by the force of any foreign power" (as cited in Medhurst 1988, p. 56), stated by the President in a foreign policy address in 1945, "were as close as he would come to overt criticism of the Soviet regime" (Medhurst, 1988, p.56). "
Tags: Truman, rhetorical, rhetoric, speech, Cold, War, propaganda, administration
Abstract This paper discusses how the development of the ColdWar era was part of larger trends in international relations. It reviews how an examination of primary texts from the era demonstrates, popular and political conception of the threat posed by the Soviet Union in the United States was significant. This fear of the so-called Red Menace was enough to propel a distrust of the Soviets at the end of World War II into a greater conflict of nuclear brinkmanship. The era of the ColdWar in the United States was first articulated with the Truman Doctrine in 1947; however, subsequent events such as the Korean War and the launch of Sputnik I enhanced the perceived risk and cemented the U.S.'s resolve.
Abstract This paper discusses how the ?balance of power,? between Russia and the United States, as unstable as it may be, became the ColdWar. The paper gives an historical overview of the events leading up to the ColdWar such as the Kremlin's intentions concerning Italy, Iran, Greece as well as Communism as a whole. It describes the effects of the use of the atom bomb by the United States in Hiroshima. It also discusses the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and their effects on the situation.
From the Paper "The United States? bombing of Hiroshima was the first in a series of events that lead to the system of international relations known as the Cold War. The US had ?Soviet Threats against Greece and turkey, Soviet aggression in Iran, and the maneuvers of Russian-dominated Communists everywhere raised serious questions about the basic intentions of the Kremlin."
Tags: bomb, communism, Russia, States, United, Hiroshima, Cold, War, Kremlin, Iran, Truman, doctrine, marshall, plan, atomic
Abstract This paper examines the effect of the ColdWar on American society, particularly as it manifests in poetry and song. The paper discusses the ColdWar's impact on American culture and TV shows and presents an analysis of the poem "How Krushchev Stole Khristmas," as well as other topical poems.
Abstract This paper explains that economic and political policy reforms implemented by Eastern European countries, specifically the reunification of Germany, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, finally brought about an end to the ColdWar. The author contends that the developing countries are particularly at risk of falling back into an authoritarian regime due to the instability of processes of democratization. The paper relates that some experts suggest that the end of the ColdWar created two super powers: the U.S.A. and the former Soviet Union.
From the Paper "Economic and political policy reforms implemented by Eastern European countries, specifically the reunification of Germany; the fall of the Berlin Wall; and the collapse of the Soviet Union, finally brought an put an end to the Cold War. In a relatively short amount of time these events lead to a new beginning for the world economy. "The end of the Cold War marked the closure of a distinct era in geopolitics and international relations. It changed not only the relations between states and rival blocs of states, but the very boundaries and definitions of states and thus the component parts of the international system" (Cronin, 2001, p. 3)."
Abstract The writer of this article points out that there is no single cause for the ColdWar between the United States and Russia. The writer notes that in the roughly 45 years that this conflict took place, many reasons were given for both initiating and continuing with it. In the end, no clear winner emerged from this unfortunate era in history. This paper first gives a brief description defining the period of the ColdWar, then examines its domestic and international causes.
From the Paper "There is no single cause for the Cold War between the United States and Russia. In the roughly 45 years that this conflict took place, many reasons were given for both initiating and continuing with it. In the end, no clear winner emerged from this unfortunate era in history. This paper first gives a brief description defining the period of the Cold War, then examines its domestic and international causes."
Abstract This paper examines world foreign policy (with an emphasis on the United States)leading up to the ColdWar. Different sources are used to determine whether the ColdWar was a natural occurrence of the outcome of WWII. This paper includes MLA style footnotes but does not contain a works cited page.
From the Paper "As president, Roosevelt chose to keep many of his policy decisions to himself, and Vice President Harry S. Truman often did not know the choices made by the American political leader. FDR often manipulated those around him, perhaps including the American people, in order to lead the country on the path which he felt to be appropriate for it. The secret meeting held between the British and the US from 9-12 August 1941, which became known as the Atlantic Charter, illustrated FDR's decision to place America's economic needs before the democratic process. In the talks that took place over those four days, FDR attempted to convince British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to agree to a joint regulation that would end the imperial preference system and that the two countries would "'endeavor to further enjoyment by all peoples of access, without discrimination and on equal terms, to the markets and to the raw materials of the world.'" The benefit for Great Britain would be an unspecified type of US support for the Allied cause against the Axis powers. FDR needed to proceed very cautiously in this agreement, as it was unconstitutional for the president to declare war, and while he wished to aid the Allies, it was essential to find a way for the US to enter the war without having to fight two fronts, one in Europe and the other in the Pacific. Not even a full four months later, this dilemma was solved for the president when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941."
Tags:coldwar, foreign policy, united states, communism, soviet union, monroe doctrine
Abstract This essay discusses the impact of the ColdWar on Canadian society. . While the Canadian government was more liberal in dealing with internal security, it also tightened up on democratic rights to a certain extent.
Abstract This paper examines the ColdWar between the United States and the Soviet Union, caused by the fundamental ideological differences between communism and capitalist democracy. The paper discusses how despite mistrust between Washington and Moscow ever since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the threat to the entire world posed by Adolph Hitler and the Nazis compelled them to become Allies in 1941, when the Soviet Union was attacked by Nazi Germany.
From the Paper "Twentieth century American presidents recognized that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was due to the fundamental ideological differences between communism and capitalist democracy. Despite mistrust between Washington and Moscow ever since the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the threat to the entire world posed by Adolph Hitler and the Nazis compelled them to become Allies in 1941, when the Soviet Union was attacked by Nazi Germany. The uneasy alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States lasted through the war but began to suffer serious problems by 1948 when Stalin ordered the supply corridors closed to Berlin in an attempt to force the Western powers; England, France, and the United States, to leave the city."
Abstract This paper looks at the early stages of ColdWarAmerica by discussing what image America had of itself just prior to and in the opening act of, the ColdWar, as well as why the alliance between the U.S.S.R and the United States collapsed by the end of the 1940s. Further, the paper attempts to explain why the perceptions of the U.S.S.R and the strategy proposals outlined in NSC-68 became linchpins of U.S. foreign policy for the better part of two generations - from 1950 until the U.S.S.R's collapse in the early 1990s. In the end, the final conclusion of the paper is that United States' actions were indeed motivated by (possibly) chauvinistic ambition - but that U.S. fears about the Soviet Union were well-founded in the main.
From the Paper "The vision of the postwar WWII world offered by journalists and by geo-political observers fundamentally revolved around many things - the expansion and/or projection of American power being one of them. In an interesting essay published in Time magazine in February of 1941, Henry R. Luce argued that America should seek to use its power to serve the Earth as a "Good Samaritan" spreading (American) democracy all around the Globe. In other words, Luce put forward the argument that America should unify the planet under its benevolent leadership in much the same way as it had previously unified much of the North American continent and its various peoples (both Western European and non-Western European) under one flag."
Abstract This paper attempts to determine whether or not the coldwar was unavoidable by identifying both its origins and its outbreak. It looks at how, although 1945 is recognised by many as the "start" of the war and 1992 its "end", many also identify the the post-war conferences and subsequent developments of the 1940's as key issues in the origins of the coldwar. It explores the relationship/grand alliance between America and the Soviet Union, the influence of personality on the war and the role of nuclear weapons as well as exploring the influence of the 1919 revolution in a larger historical context.
From the Paper "The influence of ideology in the emergence of the cold war must not be underestimated. The potential for conflict arose in 1917 with the ending of the "old order" and the creating of a power vacuum. At the same time, events of that year planted a seed into Russian society that could be said to have flowered in the perfect climate of post-war Russia. This seed was communism. Lenin and Marx were responsible for the development of communism, yet not for the cold war. A "communist" Soviet Union together with a "capitalist" America illustrate the single most likely origins of the cold war and suggest to a degree, that tension was unavoidable. Traditionalists argue that the very existence of two superpowers, with similar destructive capabilities (after the USSR became an atomic power), made tension inevitable."
Abstract This paper explores the history of conflict in Europe, focusing on modern day times, after World War II and specifically the end of the ColdWar. The essay considers some implications of the end of the ColdWar for future conflict in Europe and elsewhere. The ColdWar itself is discussed first, as an extension of the familiar system of state, followed by a discussion of the ColdWar experience, with consideration given to the means of making war, by whom war can be made, and implications for the future development of global power relationships.
Contents:
Introduction
Multipolar to Bipolar and Beyond: The End of Classical Theory
Who Makes War?
Conflict Beyond States
References
From the Paper "Prior to 1914, Europe was spared a full general coalition war during the 99 years between Waterloo and Sarajevo, but the Crimean War arguably fell just short of qualifying, while the years between 1815 and 1871 saw several wars between individual Great Powers as well as the nearly continent-wide abortive revolution of 1848. The nearly half-century between 1871 and 1914 (a period comparable in length to the Cold War era) saw no wars between major powers, but repeated wars in the Balkans, out of which a general great-power war finally arose. Going back further still, war was endemic in Europe through the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries."
Tags: russia, america, china, weapons, conventional, military, 20th, century
