The Cold War: A New History By John Lewis Gaddis

Modern economic value can be described as a mixture of many philosophies into one philosophy. However two prominent philosophers, Adam Smith and Karl Marx, find their theories on economic value at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Smith’s writings on capitalism, and Marx’s writings on communism have created a fair amount of conflict throughout history. The well-known conflict called the Cold War featured two powerful nations who found themselves on the opposite sides of the economic values system. Smith’s and Marx’s philosophies found themselves at the forefront of a twentieth century conflict and their differences were at the forefront of the battle.

The Cold War was a developed relationship after World War Two between the United States of America and the Soviet Union. It was to dominate international affairs for many decades. They fought each other, but they did fight for their beliefs. Cold War means the conflict never grew to a full confrontational war, but there was some fighting. It lasted forty-five years.

The Cold War was so called because of its lack of direct fighting between the two major powers. Instead, it was a proxy war, in which smaller countries fought on behalf of the primary powers. It escalated as a result of the ideological opposition between American capitalism and Russian communism and became a prominent factor in American life during the second half of the 20th century. As the two dominant powers following the second World War, contention between the two became a global conflict. The element that made the Cold War different from other wars was its significant use of propaganda, but its impacts were hardly “cold”.

SECURITY DILEMMA BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND SOVIET UNION DURING THE COLD WAR By : Yuliana Dolok Saribu (016201400179)-IRE 4 Abstract The Cold War which was occurred since 1945 until 1991 has brings out the security dilemma between blocks of United States and Soviet Union. The security dilemma is a state of weapons dependence that become a policy of a country as if for the states interests defense of a country but actually it is for threaten other countries. The security dilemmas which occur more than 40 years, brings many issues in international relations.

After the Second World War, a state of political tension arouse between the powers in the eastern part of the globe and powers in the western part of the globe. This state of geopolitical tension was termed as the Cold War. Complex interrelationships and competition between the Soviet Union and the United States gave rise to a sustained struggle for global domination from 1945 to 1990. I argue that, although the Cold War was primarily constructed as a conflict between the First World and Second World, it’s outcome was thought to be determined in this third world. This is supported by the extensive attention given by America and Soviet Union in the domestic affairs of emerging third world countries.

The Cold War began shortly after the end of World War II, one of the most horrendous conflicts in the history of America. It was a period of tension between the democracies in the Western World and the communists of Eastern Europe which lasted from 1945 through 1991. Although the United States and the Soviet Union never officially declared war on each other, they competed against each other in a non-hostile belligerency including the Cold War and Nuclear Arms Race. One significant topic from this chapter on the Cold War is the Berlin Airlift. As written in The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, "The 1945 Potsdam Agreement divided Germany into four separate zones and created a joint four-power administration for Germany's capital,

The Cold War is an interesting war, because it seems to be caused by a mutual disinterest in actual war. The Soviet Union seems to hope for peace to rebuild itself in the wake of World War ||, and the United States also did not seem to want conflict. It seems like every issue that arose during the Cold War was directly in relation to both sides wanting to avoid war. Yet even as both sides try to deter the other, they are actively preparing in case deterrence doesn’t work.

The Cold War lasted forty-four years and left a lasting social impact on the United States. The spread of communism and The Soviet Union left many Americans in a constant state of fear and paranoia. The space race between the United States and The Soviet Union significantly impacted the education system in the United States and the curriculum that was taught for years to come. The social emphasis on gender caused a crisis on American masculinity and feminism by influencing many to assume certain gender roles and feel that they were not masculine enough or too feminine because of their view on communism. The Cold War socially impacted the United States through fear, education, and gender.

In Thomas L. Friedman’s article, “Cold War Without the Fun”, Friedman describes how the United States, Russia, and China are undergoing problems similar to those in the Cold War. Friedman begins his article with a call to action by listing a few concerning events regarding the three countries. These current events are followed by Friedman’s thesis, which states, “Did someone restart the Cold War while I was looking the other way” (Friedman 1). Thomas’ thesis, as well as the succeeding two paragraphs, contain a comedic tone. Friedman jokes that the “New Cold War” is not as riveting as the last one due to its lack of spies, and even compares its dullness to that of WWE wrestling.

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others). Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but a common timeframe is the period between 1947, the year the Truman Doctrine (a U.S. foreign policy pledging to aid nations threatened by Soviet expansionism) was announced, and 1991, the year the Soviet Union collapsed. The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides involved in the conflict, although there were major regional wars, known as proxy wars, supported by the two sides. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the Soviet Union and the United States as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences.