The CIA tried to send another plane through Soviet airspace on May 1, 1960, but this time, the Soviet Union was more prepared. The Soviet Air Force was put on high alert with instructions to take down any foreign planes they saw.
After WW2 tensions between the United State and the Soviet Union tightened resulting in what is known as the Cold War. Although the seeds of this rivalry were planted nearly a quarter of a century before its actual commencement with the Revolution of 1918 in Russia, the tension was also driven through occasions such as the Yalta Conference and resulted in proxy wars throughout the world and a Second Red scare in America. This period was full of tension and fear that the United States and the USSR would destroy each other and the world with their arsenals of atomic weapons. During the Yalta conference the US, Russia, Britain and France agreed on the splitting of central Europe. This Split ultimately divided Europe into two spheres of influence.
Jordin Dickerson To what extent did ideology serve as the primary catalyst to the Cold War? During WWII, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were definitely strained. They had to join together because they had one common enemy, Nazi Germany; but after that, they began to turn on each other. The Soviets seeing the United States as a capitalist nation that turns its back on its allies where as the United States sees the Soviets as “Communist Russians” that are spreading the awful idea of communism. That one, simple word caused perhaps one of the biggest controversies and rivalries in history.
When their first attempts failed, Congress passed the National Defense and Education Act, to "assist in greater efforts in specific areas of national concern." The Act increased federal funding for "education in science and engineering" (Document G). Congress also developed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to manage the U.S. construction of spaceships. The fears of the Soviets dominating modern technology and warfare terrified Americans, intensifying the fears of the spread of communism into the United States. Amidst the communist hysteria, the United States either needed to make peace with the Soviets or contain the communists.
JFK was into brinksmanship, or pushing to the edge of war, and hoping that the enemy backs down. He had thought that this as the only way to get the Soviets to back down. Soviet ships were moving closer to Cuba, but then the U.S.S.R leader, Khrushchev, ordered them to turn around. Days later, Khrushchev sent a letter to Kennedy saying that he would remove his missiles from Cuba if the United States would remove the missiles they had located in Turkey. In the early 1960s, the citizens of East Germany, controlled by the Soviets, were unhappy with their communist lifestyle, so they started to flee to West Berlin, where the people were free.
On a Tuesday morning Spetember 11, 2001, a tragedy struck the United States and it changed the course of history. World Trade Center Twin Towers and the Pentagon were targeted by hijacked aircraft, killing thousands, and initiating the death of almost a million in the name of the victims of 9/11. An act of terror was committed, regardless of whom the committer was. Such a horrendous act deserves a genuine unbiased investigation, which the United States government failed to provide. The 9 11 Commission report, set out to “prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks”, found out that 19 arab hijackers led by Osama Bin Laden breached the Unites States’ defense system, crashed into the twin towers and pentagon, and eventually resulted in structural failure of the Twin Towers leading to the collapse.
The Cold War was a result of the failed alliance between the US and Soviet Union. For forty years, the two nations were at odds. Each tried to become better than the other, spread their political systems, and achieve world domination. During this time period, the rivals were always on the verge of a war. The Cold War was fought with thinly veiled threats and began due to the iron curtain.
“The building of missile sites triggered the Cuban Missile Crises in October of 1962.” (Harper pg. 25) John knew he couldn’t allow nuclear weapons in Cuba, but getting rid of them presented a huge problem. If the U.S. entered Cuba or bombed missile sites, the Soviet Union would declare war. An ordinary battle could turn into nuclear warfare. Such a war could destroy the U.S. and Soviet Union along with other parts of the world.
Noah Benckendorf Mrs. Eddleman and Mr. Sturm American Studies 22 October 2012 The Vietnam War The Cold War Era in the United States was nothing if not intense. It was a time of great hesitation on this planet. Everyone was just waiting to see who would launch the first nuclear weapon, the Soviet Union or the United States. This led to intense tension not just between us and Russia but between us and any other communist country too. The four most important of those communist countries are China, North Korea, Cuba and as everyone knows Vietnam.
The definition of a cold war is: “A state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates” (Wikipedia). The war between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic exhibits the entire definition of a cold war. America didn’t want the Soviet Union’s communism to expand and the Soviet Union didn’t want the American Democracy to expand. Henceforth, the two dove into the Cold War that terrorized the world for 46 years with the threat of nuclear war. The Cold War was a literal cold war because there was no direct military conflict between America and the Soviet Union