cold war
Dominique Tappy 7F - 04 October 2000The Cold War was a struggle between conflicting universal values. In the West, the concepts of a market economy and a multi-party democracy were cherished as necessity. In the East, single party statism and a command administrative economy were highly valued. The obvious conflict of ideas and obstinate nature of those who defended them were the driving force behind the Cold War.The western nations felt it necessary that the liberated states of Eastern Europe should be re-established with a democracy and a capitalist economy. They believed that these systems were more civilized and less violent than the nationalism of the preceding generations. Russia, under autocratic leader Josef Stalin, felt that it had a right to the Eastern European nations it had occupied in World War II. After being invaded by Germany in two consecutive wars, the USSR felt it imperative that buffer states be created to protect the borders of the fatherland. With Communist regimes in place, the nations of Eastern Europe could be controlled by Russia and, by their location, protect it. Conflict between the two opposing victors of World War II was inevitable. Yalta, the home of former Czar
Communist North Korea was aided by China and Russia in its attack against South Korea. The troops were blasted by heavy resistance. In 1962, Cuba came to the center of attention once again when JFK discovered on October 16 that Khrushchev was placing offensive nuclear missile sites inside Cuba. The desire of the nation was to show a victory over Communism. Tens of billions of dollars were shipped to Western Europe. One of his campaign promises was a definite action against the threat of Communism in Cuba. America was only attacked once during World War Two, and that was by Japan. It was a horrible ordeal for those in Eastern Europe. It was an amazing but devastating accomplishment. The United States, busy in its war against Japan and not wanting to lose a powerful ally, did nothing. Stalin's reign fell somewhere between reckless madman and ruthless genius. The American government did not want to invade a Communist country for fear of retaliation by the Soviets or the Chinese. It is almost amazing that he didn't smile when he signed the agreement at Yalta because he knew that democracy was not going to happen. Some historians called it the end of Europe.
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