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- today we will be talking about
- the causes of the Cold War
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- During World War II the diplomacy between the United States and the Soviet Union was essential but, as soon as World War II ended, problems surfaced and tensions rose. Both countries were on opposite ends of the political spectrum the United States was a democratic nation while the Soviet union was a communist state with a totalitarian leader The US stood for capitalism while the Soviet union stood for state Governed markets as well as strict communism
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- Tensions were so high the US and the Soviet union would compete over any and everything a few examples are The nuclear arms race, the Marshall plan and Comecon, NATO and The Warsaw Pact, and the space race
- fun factThe Cold War was not an actual war but, instead, a term that was used to describe the 50 years that the two countries found themselves literally on the brink of warfare
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- Although they did not directly fight one another the two superpowers clashed in the Korean war of 1950 and the Vietnam war of 1978. War was nearly declared in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis when the Soviet union was supplying Cuba with nuclear missiles
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- The United States was dedicated to the spread of democracy whereas the Soviet union was committed to developing communism throughout the world The US would take steps to prevent the spread of communism like the Marshall Plan
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- The Cold War had begun to end when both super powers agreed to reduce the production of nuclear weapons. Mikhail Gorbachev took over as the leader of the Soviet Union then he introduced liberal policies to the Soviet Union which lead to a coup. shortly after the coup the Soviet union began to fall apart eventually this led to the disbandment of the Soviet union in 1991
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