Cold-War

THECOLDWARANDARMSRACECONTENTS01Definition02Background03Performance04Process05Effects06ArmsraceDefinitionTheColdWarwasaperiodofgeopoliticaltensionbetweentheSovietUnionwithitssatellitestates(theEasternBloc),andtheUnitedStateswithitsallies(theWesternBloc)afterWorldWarII.BackgroundBytheendofWorldWar,theUnitedStateshadbecomethestrongestcountryintheworld,theplannersoftheUnitedStateswerevisualizingaPaxAmericana.TheywantedaworldorderdominatedbytheUnitedStates,aworldmarketwhichwasfreeandopentoAmericangoodsandservices.Inpursuingthisgoal,theUnitedStatesencounteredstiffanddeterminedresistancefromtheSovietUnionandsufferedgreatlossesinthewar.Gradually,theUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnion,thetwowartimeallies,fellapartandtheColdWarbegantounfoldinEurope.TheColdWarTimelineProcess1TheTrumanDoctrinewasanAmericanforeignpolicywhosestatedpurposewastocounterSovietgeopoliticalexpansionduringtheColdWar.WhenPresidentTrumanoftheUnitedStatesdeclaredthatpolicy,theColdWarhasbegun.PerformanceInMarch5,1946ChurchillgavetheverydescriptivephraseinhisspeechthatsurprisedtheUnitedStatesandBritain,FromStettinintheBaltictoTriesteintheAdriatic,anironcurtainhasdescendedacrosstheContinent.TheU.S.ledcampaignofcapitalismSovietunionsocialistcamppolicyTrumanDoctrineEuropeancommunistpartyeconomyMarshallplanTheCouncilforMutualEconomicAssistancemilitaryEstablishedNATOPlanWarsawTreatyOrganization23TheKoreanWar(1950-1953)TheVietnamWar(1955-1975)TheSoviet-AfghanWar(1979-1989)4Itisa13-day(October16–28,1962)confrontationbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnioninitiatedbyAmericanballisticmissiledeploymentinItalyandTurkeywithconsequentSovietballisticmissiledeploymentinCuba.TheconfrontationisoftenconsideredtheclosesttheColdWarcametoescalatingintoafull-scalenuclearwar.TheBerlinWallwasaguardedconcretebarrierthatphysicallyandideologicallydividedBerlinfrom1961to1989.ConstructedbytheGermanDemocraticRepublic(GDR,EastGermany),startingon13August1961,theWallcutoff(byland)WestBerlinfromvirtuallyallofsurroundingEastGermanyandEastBerlinuntilgovernmentofficialsopeneditinNovember1989.5TheeconomiccollapsedestroysthefragilepoliticalsystemofUSSR.ThedissolutionoftheSovietUnionoccurredon26December1991,officiallygrantingself-governingindependencetotheRepublicsoftheUnionofSovietSocialistRepublics.ThedissolutionoftheSovietUnionmeanstheendoftheColdWar.EffectsPositiveeffects1.Ithelpedtocreateastablepoliticalworld.2.Ethniccleansingwasalmostnon-existent.3.Theworldeconomicsituationwassubsequentlyandgreatlyimprovedbythemilitarybuild-upcausedbytheColdWar.Negativeeffects1.TheColdWarcostsomuchmoneythattheSovietUnionwentbrokebecauseofthepriceofthearmsrace.2.ItledtodestructiveconflictslikeTheVietnamWarandTheKoreanWar.3.Americabecamethesolesuperpowerafterit.Anarmsraceisacompetitionbetweentwoormorecountriesformilitarysupremacy.Eachpartycompetestoproducesuperiormilitarytechnologyinatechnologicalescalation.点击此处添加文本内容，如关键词、部分简单介绍等。点击此处添加文本内容。ARMSRACESpaceraceNucleararmsraceThankyou