Reagan and the end of the Cold War. Cooperative resolution, as seen in the Cold War, has shown itself to be a rare significance in shaping the ending of many portentous conflicts.The Cold War, which began in 1945 after the Yalta conference saw international tensions on a scale that the world had never seen before. With the American fear of communism and the rapid expansion of nuclear warfare technology, the world, until 1991 was at the brink of a devastating conflicts between Soviet Russia and the U.S. Many historians may argue the Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader from 1985-1991 had the biggest influence over the end of communism. However, Ronald Reagan, U.S president between 1981-1989, was the most significant political leader to influence the ending of the Cold War.
1. Explain the origins of the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union were uneasy allies; their collaboration was really the result of a mutual fear that the Nazis would gain control over Europe, not based on any ideological commonality. Because of this, after the war was over and the restructuring of Europe began, a power struggle developed between the Soviet Union (who wanted Germany to be Communist) and the United States and Britain (who wanted democratic rule.) However, you shouldn't make the assumption that devotion to ideology was all that was behind Cold War animosity; countries tend to be more complaint trading partners with countries that share their political systems and both Stalin and the Cold War Era presidents in the US knew this.
It is suggested that only after this had failed and criticism began to stack up against the policies of the CCP that Mao decided to begin his anti-rightist campaigns as some form of damage control to lessen the disastrous impact that the hundred flowers campaign had taken on the CCP by 1957. Mao believed firmly in the concept of a permanent revolution and that in order to remain successful the CCP had to remain connected to the people. The Hundred Flowers campaign can be seen as a method of doing this and it was only after political dissidents ignored the CCP’s advice to send in what amounted to constructive communist advice was Mao’s hand forced to act against growing calls for a more democratic government. In addition to this Mao was worried that the policies of Liu and Deng were leading to a prevalence in experts within the economy which was creating a
In his work, Fleming explained that if the Soviets wanted to attack the united states of America they had done it because they had all the necessary equipment but at that period the nation was more interested in its inner politics than conquering the world. Seeing the Soviet Union as its biggest threat and being afraid of the “Domino” effect, the American government decided to take actions by supporting the rebels in Latin America and countries that were gaining their independence in a hope that these societies will adopt the capitalist ideology. The decisions that the USA made where not always elaborated and in some cases they did more harm than good. Isolating the U.S.S.R from the world politics was
Stalin’s desire to initiate collectivisation was motivated by his struggle against Bukharin and the Communist party’s right wing. The radical nature of collectivisation appealed to the left-wingers of the party. It was more appealing than the right wing alternative of importing grain as importing grain would reduce the pace of industrialisation because importing would mean spending the money needed to develop Russia’s industry. This allowed Stalin to appear strong because he showed that Russia’s agricultural difficulties could be transformed through strong leadership, and also asserted that peasants who refused to co-operate with the state agricultural policy were essentially terrorists and enemies of the people. When collectivisation was criticised by some local officials, Stalin published an article called ‘Dizzy with success’ in Pravda, defending the policy by arguing that the target for collectivisation had been met and therefore the programme would be suspended, in order to cover up the carnage that collectivisation had in actual fact caused.
The Domino Theory was the belief that once one country had fallen to communism, its neighbors would do the same. The Domino Theory was very important for the Americans if they were to win the Cold War, as they had to keep as few countries from going communist as possible. If South Vietnam were to fall communist, its neighbors in South East Asia may do the same including India, Laos and Cambodia. As much of South Asia was swamped in poverty, communism looked an attractive prospect for the peasants who owned very little wealth. The idea of shared wealth and land seemed very appealing for the population and were extremely important reasons as to why the United States became increasingly involved in the war in Vietnam.
Ridicule. By making your opponent look silly for his attacking methods, their strategy will wither quickly and public opinion will immediately shift your way. Franklin Roosevelt was a master at fending off attacks by making the attacks seem ridiculous and silly. 3. Jujitsu.
Communists or the KDP also saw the opportunity that Hitler saw but with the democracy on its way out there was only room for one government, and Hitler new this. The ploy had so many advantages to Hitler that it would be hard to see how Hitler could not have been involved. This one event allowed him too effectively dishevel his main adversary, the foremost blockade that stopped Hitler’s dictatorship. How he went about “blaming” the communist for the event and thus eliminating them, was also a catalyst for all the events to come. By convincing Hindenburg that there was a large communist threat the country was put into a state of emergency and, with Hindenburg’s backing, Hitler was allowed to pass decrees to govern Germany anyway he liked, with the financial backing of krupp and bosch etc, which in this case is fortunate for the question at hand.
Then he came to conclusion that they must take them over and govern over them because they where unfit for self government, trading them would be bad for business, and giving them back would cause the same problem again. He sought imperialism to resolve his issue with gaining that territory (doc 3). Theodore Roosevelt was also an imperialist in the fact that he thought the
Therefore, the Vietnam War can be said to be part of the Cold War due to the Americans acting upon their policy of containment and fear of the Domino Theory. However, the Vietnam War can be said to not be part of the Cold War due to its origins not being from communist and capitalist disputes, this is simply why the US became involved. Unlike other events in the Cold War, for example the Berlin Airlift (where Stalin blockaded East Berlin from the West due to the prosperity stemming from capitalism in West Berlin and Germany) and the Korean war (where the communist north attacked the South that was occupied by a US military administration, therefore making it anti-communist). The origins the Vietnam War were due to unresolved Vietnamese problems, for example the creation of a power vacuum due to the withdrawal of France in March 1954. This led to the Geneva Agreements, where Vietnam was divided along the 17th Parallel.