Describe what the Cold War was?

Answer 1

The Cold War was the period of conflict, tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their allies from the mid 1940s until the early 1990s. Throughout the period, the rivalry between the two superpowers was played out in multiple arenas: military coalitions; ideology, psychology, and espionage; military, industrial, and technological developments; costly defense spending; a massive conventional and nuclear arms race; the space race; and many proxy wars (this was somewhat a total war unlike any other previous wars in history).

Notable about this is that there never was a direct military engagement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but half-century of military buildup, and political battles for support around the world, including significant involvement of allied and satellite nations.

Although the U.S. and the Soviet Union had been wartime allies against Nazi Germany, the two sides differed on how to reconstruct the postwar world even before the end of the Second World War. Over the following decades, the Cold War spread outside Europe to every region of the world, as the U.S. sought the "containment" of communism and forged numerous alliances to this end, particularly in Western Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

There were repeated crises that threatened to escalate into world wars but never did, notably the Korean War (1950-1953), the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962), and the Vietnam War (1964-1975).

The Cold War drew to a close in the late 1980s following the launching of Mikhail Gorbachev's reform programs, perestroika and glasnost and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Answer 2

Basically, it was a 50-year struggle between western democracies and communist countries to control the post-war world (post-WWII). Some say it started during negotiations over what to do with Japan during the second world war. The main players were the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S. made it their goal to eliminate communism throughout the world and got into several conflicts as a result (Korean War, Vietnam War...). The rivalry included a nuclear arms race and a race to space. Each side tried to one up the other until the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s. It never heated up to an actual war between the world powers which is why it is called the "Cold" War.

Answer 3

Geez Katherine, nothing like asking an easy question with short answers :-)

It could take a whole college semester to cover the first ten years of what became the Cold War.

Here's the basics:

The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or Russia as we called itwere allies in WWII, only because of a common enemy, Germany, and, in part Japan.

At the end of WWI there was a lot of tension between the US and Russia involving control of Europe, parts of Asia, military and economic issues and a myriad of other issues.

To over simpilfy everything, the Cold War developed into a massive military buildup on both sides, the US claiming spreading and preserviceg democracy and freedom from Russian agression and attempts to spread communism and Russia claiming the US was imperialistic and trying to destroy Russia. The whole thing fizzled away. in a sense.

Research Bernard Baruch who came up with the term, Marshall Plan, League of Nations, NATO, containment policy, Atlantic Charter, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference, John Dulles, and on and on and on

good luck, it's a big subject that has directly influenced where we are today and where we are going

Answer 4

The most active agencies that took part were the red
communist nuclear fusion brigades and the advance future
of the world communist czechoslovokian governments army.
The Czechs took off on a vain glorious misadventure when
the early 1950 Peace corps named them the worst budget
and public censure cities in the world. Russia agreed and
Kruschev early party planners spoke out against their rebel
attitude versus the United Nations decisions to work on peace. These rebel soldiers were the grandsons of the lost
cause of the World war I revolter civic defense feuds that took place even trading armies back an forth until loss of
clear directives made them surrender in 1911. This group
had publicly threatened the major armies that disputes would
have to be paid monies to the elite bourgousie for their army
duties. Eventually China slaughtered the Korean rebels post
in North Korea that was supplying all these war mongers thru the years.

Answer 5

It was from the end of world war II to the fall of communism in the 80's, it was a sort of battleless fight between the US and Soviet Union. It involved compettition between the countries, like the Space Race, and there was great fear during the time of a possible nuclear war that would potentially lead to the total destruction of both sides fighting. There's waaaaaaaay more politics and stuff to it i'm sure but that's the basic gist of it.

Answer 6

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