Tyler James Emery Period 3/4 Block Due: May 31 Foreign Policies During the Cold War: Rough Draft As the aftermath of World War II began to unravel, the Soviet Union and the United States were the most dominant nations, with opposing viewpoints in many aspects, especially government. Due to their opposing viewpoints and natural desire for power, they began to compete by attempting to convert the newly unoccupied region's governments to either Democracy (U.S.), or Communism (Soviet Union). The Cold War, which began after World War II in 1945, was caused due to the constant power struggle as well as poor relations between the two nations, creating idealogical and economical conflicts. During the Cold War era, the United States had begun
What is conflict? Conflict is different from war, conflict is two individuals that have a disagreement and confront each other in the process face to face. Main causes of war and conflict. There are several factors which cause war and conflict. A number of these factors are; Religion, Ideology, Politics, Nationalism, Resources, Territory, Historical rivalry and Ethnic Conflict.
Such as in source 8 which claims the USA wanted a war with the USSR to help its economy, emphasising the impact of the Military Industrial Complex on aggressive foreign policy which played a huge role in the development of the Cold War. Furthermore it can be argued that it was the misunderstanding and confusion between the two nations which owed more to the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-8.
However McCauley, source 9, stresses that US economic strength and interests created and ‘informal American empire in Europe’, therefore increasing the divide. Deteriorating relations between the two superpowers cannot be attributed primarily to Stalin’s errors. Rather, US economic interests played the most important role in the development of the Cold War in the years 1945-49. Stalin’s own errors and personality undoubtedly played a key role in developing the Cold War, this is emphasised in source 7. Tony Judt argues that Stalin ruled with ‘uncompromising rigidity and confrontational tactics’, this is somewhat supported by source 8 as it highlights that the ‘personality of Stalin’ was a significant internal factor in the USSR.
‘Arminianism was the most important cause of conflict between Crown and Parliament in the years 1625 to 1629’ explain why you agree or disagree with this view. Arminianism was important for the collapse of the relationship between Crown and Parliament to a certain extent, as religious conflicts were an underlying theme throughout the period of 1625 to 1629. Furthermore many Puritans feared that Charles was trying to push towards Arminianism, and so did everything they could to prevent this, causing much tension. However due to Charles’ personal monarchy, he shaped the way he wanted the country to be run thus was the root cause of the deterioration in the Crown-Parliament relationship. The most important factor and root for all of the problems was Charles.
The rise in communist countries was increasing as other countries close to each other would follow the same route as nearby countries. America did not want this to escalate so decided to step in and try and contain communism. President. Johnson “If you let a bully come
The actions in Italy, Germany, and Japan just pushed the isolationist movement even more, to not be dragged into another foreign war. After World War I it was widely accepted that America had gotten into World War I due to the greed of bankers and gun manufactures who made money off of these crises. Senators who believed in the isolationist movement had the
The economic problems of the Soviet Bloc were at the core of communisms downfall. In the early days of communism Stalin had set out to emulate the success of the western capitalist economies, which were at the time dominated by heavy industry (steel, power plants, and chemicals). Stalin thought that this success could be reproduced, but at a much faster and efficient rate with planning and communist control. Stalin did actually achieve this, and the soviet bloc enjoyed long periods of economic prosperity. However, Stalin’s adaptation of the model for economic success was too rigid, and as capitalism moved on, providing luxury goods to consumers such as cars, “the Soviets and Eastern Europeans found themselves in the 1980s with the most advanced industries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries- polluting, wasteful, energy intensive, inflexible-in short with massive rust belts” (Chirot, 1991 p.283).
However like Richard III, Looking for Richard was set after another significant conflict in the Cold War. America had emerged from the Cold War against the Soviets the only superpower. In order to achieve economic order after this war, American companies shifted their operations overseas in order to maximise profits at the expense of American citizens who were left out of work. The pursuit of power is paramount in Richard III as Richard is cast as cunning and ruthless villain due determined to obtain power and control. This is due to the context that the play was written in.
Modern History Assignment International Studies in Peace and Conflict: The Cold War “Evaluate the view that the ideologies of capitalism and communism influenced policies and strategies in the Cold War.” While the Cold War has come to be defined as "a clash of ideologies" by a majority of historians, the principles of capitalism and communism were exaggerated in political rhetoric by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the conflicting ideologies had a formative influence on the early strategies of the two superpowers – establishing a framework that would shape future policy - national and economic interests had a more significant impact on overall Cold War foreign response. However, an assessment of influences on policy making must be more complex than simply ‘ideological’ or ‘economic’. As Martin McCauley writes, "the weaknesses of the orthodox and revisionist analyses are evident: the former pays little attention to the legitimate security needs of the USSR, while the latter ignores Soviet behaviour which gave rise to shifts in American policy." In examining the factors that shaped the various strategies of the struggle, a more balanced post-revisionist approach must be taken.