American History Cold War Assignment 2022

Running head: AMERICAN HISTORY
AMERICAN HISTORY
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AMERICAN HISTORY1
The Cold War is recognized by the immense magnitude of rivalry that is established
after the World War II between the United States and Soviet Union and their respective allies.
The Cold war was waged on the basis of economic, political and propaganda fronts provided
with the fact it had only limited recourse to weapons. The term “cold” was used because there
as no conflict that shaped up in a large scale direct war. The essay focuses on to deliver the
pros and cons of the Cold war towards the United States.
The Cold war is recognized as an important issue in the context of politics that took
place between the United State of America and the Soviet Union. America had survived
huge scale and massive effects and reverberations of destruction. America was much aware
of the event of the Great Depression took place in the year 1929 to 19401. It is to mention that
through certain attempts to avoid depression, the nation figured out to remove all the trade
barriers in order to facilitate a potential trade markets for its agricultural and industrial
products. There were attempts that approved of free trade helped the other western nations in
the sphere of trade business2. Following it, further step are taken to rebuild the structure of
their nations that were crushed and demolished during the phase of World War II. However
there were potential Cold War effects on the status of the nation’s economy, politics and
culture.
It is to mention that the effects of Cold War did shaped up a potential and efficient policy in
the U.S but along with it is also encouraged and approached towards the development or
improvement of the domestic affairs3. With the progress of time, the Cold War being
1 Gaddis, John Lewis. The United States and the origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947. Columbia University
Press, 2000.
2 Gaddis, John Lewis. The United States and the origins of the Cold War, 1941-1947. Columbia University
Press, 2000.
3 LaFeber, Walter, and Brian Abbott. America, Russia, and the Cold War, 1945-1975. New York: Wiley, 1976.