Modern Day Analysis

A modern day analysis of the Cold War is the treaty that Barrack Obama recently signed with the Russian leader. The treaty basically just made the countries alliances. This implies that they weere on uneasy grounds before that. I think it is good that both countries can get a long even after their hostile past.

America is better!

I think america was more equal and fair during the Cold War. They are also better because they never backed down or got intimidated by the Russians, despite their best efforts. The Americans are superior in nearly every way in my opinion. If I had to pick a side, I think it would obviously be the USA.

The Final Example of Tension

The final example of tension in the cold war was the Cuban Missle Crisis. The Russians had missles become operational in Cuba, a neighbor country to America. The Americans had missles in Turkey, a neighboring country to the Soviet Union. Both nations were refusing to take out their missles until finally we made a deal with them. If they removed the nukes then we would promise them that we would not invade Cuba. This elevated the stakes even more than they were before.

Even More More Tension

The final example of tension between the USSR and the United States was the U-2 incident. The Americans had been running planes over Russia to take pictures. The United States told Russia that they had ceased the flights. During a meeting between the countries a U-2 was shot down flying over Russia. The pilot, Frances Gary Powers, was killed creating another reason for tension between the two super powers.

Even More Tension

The third example of tension between the USA and USSR was the space race. Both countries were attempting to send sattelites to space at the beginning. The Soviet Union sent the Sputnik to space and officially became first country to send a satellite to space. Then, both countries strived toward sendin a man to the moon. Although the soviets won the first round, the Americans were the first to have a man on the moon. The space race brought even more tension to the Cold War.

More Cold War Tension

The second from of tension in the Cold War was the need to improve their nuclear warfare. America came out with the H-bomb in 1952. The Soviets came out with their own H-bomb just over a year later. Both nations were competing to make the best weapon they possibly could. With both nations possessing power of such an extremely detrimental weapon, the nations were equally intimidated by the other.

Tension Rises In The Cold War

The first example of tension rising in the cold war is the start of the Korean War. The Korean War began in the year of 1950. The war was between the communists in the north, led by Kim Il Sung, and the Nationalists in the south, led by Syngman Rhee. Although at one point the Nationalists were cornered, General MacArthur led a miracle counterattack to overcome the Communist forces.

Cold War Summary

The cold war was a war between friends who turned to enemies. The United States of America was former allies with the Soviet Union during world war two, but now due to their economic, political, military views the friends became enemies. The main cause of the cold war was the conflict of the two countries politics. The Soviet Union practiced Communism while America practiced Democracy. Another clash between the two was the fact that now the whole world new America was capable of producing the atomic bomb. The Cold War lasted from 1945 to 1989 officially. The only fighting that went on was civil wars in both Korea and China. I support the Americans beleifs and actions in this particular case.