Edd Vanterpool
Global Politics Essay
The Cold War
The Introduction
In this essay I will be writing about the cold war’s technology, military,
economy. In the cold war the two main enemies were The United States and Soviet
Union. The cold war had a powerful influence on technology. The funding for new
weapons went to Nuclear Weapons. The United States in the cold war distributed their
money to between the private sector and the government nonmilitary sector.
Body
The Cold war had a great influence on technology. The money for new weapons was
based on the nuclear realm. Technology helps us become more accurate in delivering
military vehicles with also allows the air force to use smaller war heads. With smaller
war heads the air force could have a variety of things that they can equip to aircraft that
are able to equip nuclear bombers. Our air forces superiority in nuclear weapons makes
up for the soviet’s superiority in conventional weapons.
The term The Cold War was first used by Bernard Baruch (Harry Truman's adviser).The
actual date for the cold war is not know. Historians are still arguing about the actual date
for the start of the cold war. I think the start of the cold war is around 1947 because that
year our president Harry Truman declared an anti-communist policy. A main cause of the
cold war was power between the United States and Soviet Union. With the decline of
Europe the power was mainly shared between United States and Soviet Union. Another
reason why the cold war started was because the United States wanted free trade
throughout the world but the Soviet Union didn't want to open up too western influences.
In the United States people have the right to voice their opinions, elect their
government, and right of the press. However the Soviet Union didn't have those rights.
They didn't have the right of assembly, press and speech. Because of those differences
they United States and Soviet didn't have common ground.
After 1953 the tension between the United States and Soviet Union
decreased because both of the countries had hydrogen bombs which would destroy each
other in war. The destruction of the wall of Berlin showed the world the end of Soviet
domination in Europe. The cold war ended around 1990 with the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
Conclusion
Basically the cold war was a conflict between the United States and Soviet Union.
The United States were for the democrats and Soviet Union for the Communists. The war was
four decades long
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