issues separating the two powers(U.S and Soviet Union)?

Question

what cause the u.s and the soviet union to not like each other at the end of world war ll?

its for my project on The ideologies of the cold war and the formation of the two great alliance. i need to know an i finding the right stuff. issues separating the 2 powers. does there aims on europe and there goals of the divsion of europe ok

Answer 1

Yipes, that's the topic of entire LIBRARIES!

Primarily, it was the mutual hostility and distrust of the two nations. The USSR, under Joseph Stalin, was hyper-paranoid about "threats" from the outside. To some extent, the US followed suit, inflamed by fears of Communism and Soviet expansionism, as well as by the USSR's aggressive undercover tactics and spying.

It is no longer sufficient to just comment that Captalism - represented by the US - was threatened by Communism, and repeat the old lines we were taught years ago. A great deal of the hostility involved cultural issues, the character of the USSR as a totalitarian, dictatorial state, and the excessive anti-Communist propaganda that permeated US society for decades.

If you are really serious about this answer, you have to reach back to before 1900 in the US, and study the extreme conflict between classes and political interests. This badly infected American social and political thought, with overtones remaining today that influence national political debate. There are still some idiots in the US who think anything less than total laissez faire Capitalism is a brand of "socialism," for example.

Ultimately, it was competition for global influence, resources and a sustained, escalated attempt to overwhelm each other militarily that characterized the antagonism of the US and USSR. In both countries, political manipulation of the external "threat" of the other was used to obscure disastrous domestic problems, and ultimately that caught up first with the USSR. However, it is possible to argue that if the Soviet Union had NOT collapsed by 1991, the US may have done so by 2000.

(AND FOR EXTRA POINTS: Today the political right in the US is attempting to employ the fear of terrorism as a replacement for the old Soviet boogyman. Doesn't quite appear to be working, however.)

EDIT:

Your added information helps focus what's the issue.

On the Soviet side, one of the war aims of the USSR as WWII ended was acquiring territory in Central Europe for resources, manpower, and a "buffer zone" against the threat of Western hostility. That was acquired by the USSR as a consequence of double-dealing in the Yalta Conference, and orchestrated subterfuge of the nascent governments of Poland, Czechslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. The USSR did attempt as well to take over in France, Greece, and Italy, but in those nations more open democratic systems and the determined resistance of the U.S. and Great Britain as allies defeated the attempts. Also, the Allies defeated the Soviets in Austria, where there was a quite serious effort to subvert and take over the government. The old radio series, "The Third Man," based on a book by Graham Greene and a film starring Orson Welles, was one of the first big "spy thrillers" of the Cold War era, and was set mainly in post-war Vienna.

You will have to do a LOT of research for yourself. But look at the "Red Scare" in the US embodied in the House Un-American Activities Subcommittee between 1946 and 1954. Check out Soviet expansionism in the 1945-49 period, and the race for the atomic bomb and H-bomb. Dig out some maps that show the world in april, 1945 - and again in April, 1949.

THEN begin to decide how to LIMIT your topic so that you can reasonably address what is instead a MASSIVE subject area. And PLEASE don't swallow the cardboard and pablum oversimplifications of just "Communism" versus "Capitalism."

Answer 2

USSR became a communist regieme and began acting like the US in colonizing and victimizing it's neighbors. Also was a nuclear power causing fear and loathing and a arms build up between them and the US, a wall to be built across Germany. Millions starved. The Russians tried putting missiles in Cuba aimed at the US only 90 miles away.
Lateky our fearless leader proposed putting missle silos in Poland and the Czech republic to enrage Prime Minister Putin, or as he calls him Pooten.

Answer 3

Although many in our government supported Stalin and his reign of terror and wanted the same for our country, their godless, cruel, and totalitarian government was abhorred by most Christian Americans, and they wanted to preserve our way of life.

Many New York bankers supported Stalin's takeover of the Russian government and made a lot money from the revolution. Armand Hammer was a communist supporter and good friend of Stalin until the day he died.

Those seeking for a one-world government control both the US and Soviet government and manipulate the media to create an environment necessary to their ends.

Answer 4

Imperialism, power struggle, but primarily economic differences. USSR adopted Communism and the US economy was based on capitalism.

This is the short and sweet answer of which thousands of pages have been written.

Answer 5

in 1945 Stalin was strong enough to steal all Europe and US did not have nukes yet.
Therefore they created NATO in 1948 and "all for any one" approach.
Later USA became stronger and USSR weaker (with a lot of his own problems) and USA enjoyed having such an enemy.

Answer 6

They were both super powers and Russia was communist. They thought Communism was the only way and the US thought democracy was the only way. Neither wanted to agree with the other and neither one wanted to back down. So they sat across the table from each other staring each other down to see who would blink first.

The Cold War was a war of words.

Answer 7

Coz US is opposite of SU(soviet union) so there rised a discussion about the trade mark duplicating.
US blamed dat SU duplicated their trademark US,and Soviet Union blamed that US spies steal the trademark SU from them. So they didn't like each other.
there's one secret too for this cause ,you know Hitler he had done a secret deal with regarding the trademark but i won't tell anyone.

Answer 8

and the end of ww they were both super powers and each one wanting to be on top of the other so it was kinda like a jelousy thing. also the sovits had nucular weopons and the U.S. didnt like any other country but them to have such power.

Answer 9

The U.S. became a freer nation while USSR became more communistic.

Answer 10

US agression and hate of socialism