The Cold War
The "Cold War" is the term coined by columnist Walter Lipmen todescribe the competition just short of military conflict between SovietRussia and the United States. It's roots go as far back as 1890 when thethen allies became rivals over the development of Manchuria. The ColdWar officially ended in 1989 when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachevpulled Soviet forces from Afghanistan and announced that "the postwarperiod is over." And the George Bush administration agreed that theworld had "clearly outgrown the post-1945 power clash". There were many events that went on during the time of the ColdWar, I will just name a few and describe them a little.
We were not allies again until we were both attacked by theAxis but that did not last very long and even then we did not trust eachother. This is my brief however very informative summary of the ColdWar fought between the US and the USSR. Regardless of this Stalin had taken control of Eastern Europe from 1945to 1947. In 1945 The Cold War had reached Europe and quickly spread. asthe most powerful capitalist nation we would overthrow their communistnation. In 1948 Stalin blocked western access to Berlin. The US was led byPresident Harry S. In March of 1947 Truman rallied Americans by warning them inhis Truman Doctrine that they would have to spend $400 million toprotect people against totalitarian regimes. Later after a brush withnuclear war President Eisenhower and Khrushchev banned nucleartesting in air and under water. He formed analliance with Cuba in 1959. ions between Soviet Russia and theU. New Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev also developed a hydrogenbomb and launched the first earth satellite in 1957. Now thathe was fully committed to helping Europe in 1949 he formed the NorthAtlantic Treaty Organization, otherwise known as NATO.
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