Cold War
The nuclear arms race divided the world in a struggle as costly as any another war. East vs. West, Communism vs. Democracy, the Bear vs. the Eagle; all these were major factors in the lives of millions for 4 decades.
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There were many key figures during the Cold War, as it spread across a period of almost 60 years. However it could be said that...
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the US was afraid to start a war with soviet union
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The U-2 was tracked by military radar for long enough to determine it's course , altitude and speed and then some careful...
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a type of person who gets good things in life.
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The Cold War had no specific start date, unlike, say, WWII, but it started almost as soon as WWII finished, in 1845.
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Gorbachevs reforms (and pehaps Stalin) was what failed the soviet union.
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Construction of the wall began on 13 Aug. 1961, and ran for 60 miles, all the way to Spandau Prison (where Rudolf Hess had been...
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See website: B-2 bomber
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When His Majesty's Service needed men, detachments were sent out to bars, night clubs, and etc. and able bodied men were pressed...
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After the discovery of installation sites in Cuba by the Soviet union, Kennedy called together the National Security Council,...
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It was establish in 1945 after the end of World War 2 in New York City. Eleanor Roosevelt, was the first UN ambassador from the...
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In 1993, the European Space Agency's Olympus satellite was damaged when a meteor struck its navigational control system, making...
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Building up regional powers that shared U.S. interests
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The atomic bomb was used in the Cold War as a deterrent, no actual bombs were exploded in military action, only in tests to prove...
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Viruses cause the common cold, usually the rhinovirus (up to 40% of colds), or Coronaviruses (about 20%), but there are more than...
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The answer is that many people had lost members of their family. And it was a very historic moment! Every person could go over on...
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In Europe in World War 1. Scouts (with the observer throwing the bombs by hand) and zeppelins were used as bombers, but before...
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{| |- | There were a number of ways to be deferred. Often those attending college could obtain a deferrement. Those working in...
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Like today its cost depended on what kind you bought. About 1/6 of what you pay today should be good estimate.
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We are fighting the war in Afghanistan because we don't want the war here. If the war is here then it ruins our land and kills...
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Yes, Several Times, Different places
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i think that the important answer is to show they are not scared not even a little bit they want to prove they CAN DO IT...
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No Ethiopia was the first country in the world.
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Stalin wanted to starve out the city.
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In many ways. The SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Talk) agreements lessened the tensions for many in the West. Critics said that...
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No West Germany and West Berlin were democracies. East Germany as well as East Berlin functioned under a communist regime. West...
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The end of the Cold War (c. 1945-1991) is associated with the demolition of the Berlin Wall, the subsequent reunification of East...
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The Marshall Plan was a massive plan to aid in rebuilding Europe after World War II. Western allied nations, as well as neutral...
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The Soviet Union no longer exists. It included Russia and a number of other countries. It spread across two continents, as does...
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Not as much as Korea was, but enough for the Soviets & Chinese Communists to test out their products: MiG17 (J5s), MiG19...
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To prevent Communism from spreading.
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1.mikhail goebachev 2. George Bush 3.boris yeltsin 4.bil Clinton
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Geography had nothing to do with it; it was atomic weapons.
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When Germany entered Russia even though they made an agreement called the soviet union pact.
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Wushu, aikido, taekkyon and many of the World's deadliest Martial art moves.
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The most produced tank ever is the one the US Army currently still uses the M1 Abrams
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Not knowing if your children would get to grow up. Looking for that (or those) mushroom cloud(s) off in the distance was part of...
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Limited test ban :)
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Many of them said they wanted "artistic freedom".
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Red Snow was developed by the United Kingdom.
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Warsaw Pact Countries.
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Fidel Castro was a Cuban leader and communist ally of the Soviet Union.
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Nikita Khrushchev responded with troops and tanks to the uprising in Hungary. Nova Net
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The main issue that divided the two countries was their political and economic models: the USA was a capitalist republic and the...
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... the first "Red Scare was about job and political reform ... The second "Red Scare " was manly locked on communism and how it...
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oppenheimer
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Korea and Vietnam Wars.The Arab-Israeli wars of '67 & '73 & Iran/Iraq wars of the cold war time period(s) (prior to 1990)...
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it resulted in direct armed conflict between two super powers..........apex
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Germany
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The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics also known as USSR was created in 1922, and was the first communist state to be put in...
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To maintain their hegemony as a world power (superiority) while avoiding a full out nuclear war
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The accumulation of nuclear arms shaped the cold war in many ways. When the us first started building and testing nuclear arms,...
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It was a COLD war because there was none of very little fighting done. E.g. The Vietnam war... It would have been a HOT war if...
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whos us nooob if it is USSR they called upon miduren If it is the US they did the same
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The US invited Turkey and Greece to join Nato alliance, where they remain to this day.
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One of the reasons that the cold war started was nuclear weapons. When two countries both have that much destructive power, they...
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There will be 3 different aspects to consider for the living standard of the Russian people which are economic, social and...
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The principal opponents were the U.S and the Soviet Union.
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The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first confrontation; it ended with Stalin's death in March of 1953.
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Wen i was kid mi parent drop me on mi hed
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Communism and Non-Communists existed prior to WW2. We just had a temporay truce until the Axis Powers were defeated. After...
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The U.S.A. and also the Soviet Union. These countries had many allies (or in the case of the USSR, satellites) who were also...
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a contest to build weapons and military power Arms - weapons, Arms race - when 2 or more countries try to have more and better...
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after ww2 soviet union and the other allied powers began an arms race, or a cold war. all countries of eastern europe where...
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Two World Wars. and also birth and death years of adlof Hitler
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It was a land blockade of Berlin patrolled by Soviet troops between the western zone of Germany and the city of Berlin
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it ended because soviet union collapsed
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there was a cold war because there was tension and the allies broke off their alliance in ww2
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One example: Lieutenants of Castro such as Che Guevara tried to start a "second" Vietnam in Central/South America; He was...
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im the one that asked..im trying to find out...somebody anwer this question for me. tanks! =D
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The "Iron Curtain" is a boundary which divided Europe into two separate zones, symbolically, politically and physically. This...
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Cold War in Asia Meanwhile, events in East Asia moved to a critical stage. The tension of the Cold War seemed to have moved from...
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The Petrov Affair occurred in 1954. It was a spy event involving Soviet Spy Agent, Vladimir Petrov, then third secretary in the...
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McCarthy, showeMcCarthy, showed how politics can ride sensationalized issues, imagined or not and profit from it by riding on...
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-American version-Positives of communism: The government protects you. The government takes care of your needs. Society is...
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it happened b.c of all the ruin and economics that were devasted between all of it.. it basically was a period of reconstruction
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The causes of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe were that it had no popular support, political downfall, and economic...
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It had a lot of impact. Americans lived in fear of Communist spies. Through this, many lost their jobs due to suspicion that they...
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The people became unnerved. Some politicians went looking for Russians or "reds" in different corners of the country. The nuclear...
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There are a few alternate viewpoints on exactly how and when the Space Race began, but the most accepted view is that it began on...
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the Berlin airlift
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Really bad, they were farmers that did not own very much land and worked for food for their own familys but then Stalin had one...
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The Soviets feared that moves toward independence or self-government would weaken their hold on the other satellite countries in...
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It was the whole basis of them.
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The cold war affected western society by when the troops came home there were no jobs for them and a depression began. Soon...
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Spain, Mexico and New Zealand. Canada, U.S.A , Mexico , Cuba , Russia..... the list goes on and on.
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There were only TWO hot battles fought during the cold war. The Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1961-1975).Don't...
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Johnson was unwillingly caught up in the hot battle (Vietnam War) of the Cold War. Johnson was the US's only Presidential...
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the detente was from 1962 to 1972. i don't know much about what it was though!
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It must have been pretty poor if East Berliners were willing to risk their lives climbing over that wall (Guards had orders to...
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During the Vietnam War, a US Army M-48 Patton tank probably averaged around $200,000. Those tanks were all steel and had NO...
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