Cold War

Unit 2 The Cold War

Geraldine Kelly

SS310-04

Professor Ion Motkin

May 28, 2013

The Cold War was a big arms race that was started after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union. There weren’t any fighter planes flying over countries dropping bombs, no tanks, no actually deployment of missile, and no ground troops. There were a stockpile of nuclear weapons, money was being spent like an actually War was being fought, propaganda, and there were two superpower enemies but no actually fighting occurred. This war causes a bipolar system in the world where there were two dominant powers fighting to become the dominant power. The Cold War was a real complicated war because it was more a fight about ideology, Democracy and Communism. The United States, after World War II was trying to promote it democratic ideology to the entire world. The other superpower that benefited from World War II, the Soviet Union, tried to also spread their communist idea throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The two clashes of ideologist cause a war of competition between the two countries.

I interviewed three different people to find out about the Cold War and get their answers about the Cold War.

John was the first person I interviewed and he gave me the following answers to the questions. He said the Cold War is the name given to the relationship that developed primarily between the USA and the USSR after World War II. The Cold War was to dominate international affair for decades and many major crisis occurred.

1. What words or phrases come to mind when you think of the term cold war? The words or phrases that comes to mind when I think of the Cold War are: Russia, nuclear weapons, scandal, tensions, discernment, God, people, nations, suspension, and decisions

2. Did you ever study the Cold War in school? Yes If so, what are some aspects of the Cold War that you remember? He remember that both sides...