Monday, May 17, 2010

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban missile crisis was a very tensive time for the U.S with Russia storing ICBM'S in Cuba. JFK was very serious about this Because the Missiles would have been operational in 13 days if they had not stopped them in 7. The Missiles would Have been able to reach and detonate in the U.S in less then 5 minutes That caused very serious tension in America If Cuba had launched Thier Missiles we would be in a Nuclear Holocaust. This world, our world that we live, breath, and eat in would have changed as we know it completley. I for one am truly happy that The Cuban Missile crisis was solved before MY time.

U.S.A, and The Cold war, go hand in hand.

Containment, that was the issue with the U.S they wanted countries to remain anti-communistic. But they knew they couldnt stop all of them. THe only thing that blew it out of proportion was the Domino theory. This led them to believe that communism would spread all over if one country "fell" to communism. The U.S government had a bad way of thinking of communism, adn yet they were very hippocriticle by saying that the U.S was open to any new form of government. This caused people to dread that the U.S would soon turn communistic by one country falling to communism. For bieng this involved in forign affairs. we forgot to realize instead of stop countrys from becoming communistic, we should have instead converted undecided countrys to Democracy Increasing the amount of Nations under democracy making it look better than communism.

Analysis

The cold war was a very decietful and cruel war that didnt nd until the late 90's.
It caused suffering for both sides living in constant fear and agony towards theyre government. This not only caused corruption and blackmail but the loyalty of U.S citizens was fading very rapidly. I believe as a person that this war was selfish and wrong for both sides. They both acted like children in an Adult matter. Threatining each other with bombs and war, and that just sickens me. Niether side showed any sign of improvement of social affairs between the two superpowers. It was as they said a worlds end both sides saying, they are better, they are more advanced. Taking things out of hand such as teddy roosevelts quote:"speak sof and carry a big stick, you will go far" They decided that means Whoever can end the world faster wins. Thats my analysis of the cold war.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Tensions heat up

THE TENSION BETWEEN THE TWO SUPERPOWERS HAS EXPLODED IN A ALMOST WORLD WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE U.S. LUCKILY NIETHER SIDE HAS FIRED A SHOT ON EACH OTHERS LAND OR HAS CAUSED ANY CHAOS. THE U.S. HAD LAUNCHED A SATTELITE SUCCESFULLY OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN 10 YEARS, THE ONLY COMPLICATION IS THAT THE SATTELITES CAMERAS HAD TAKEN SPY PICTURES OF RUSSIAS ARMY CAUSING HUGE CONTROVERSY IN THE TACTICS OF THE U.S. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY STARTED A WAR WITH NUCLEAR POWERS TO DESTROY EACH OTHER. THIS ALONG WITH CHINA SWITCHING TO COMMUNIST IS MAKING THE U.S.'S ATTEMPT AT CONTAINMENT LOOK WEAK. THIS IS CAUSING HIGH STRESS IN HIGH POPULATED AREAS.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Outline of the cross-continent war


The Cold war in itself was less of a fighting war, but was more of an industrial war between Russia, And The U.S. for Supplies "IN" Warfare. The Cold war had started exactly when WWII ended. This caused quite abit of tension between the Communist, and non-Communists(U.S South Korea etc...). Truman the President of the U.S. had met with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. They along with others associated with WWII met at International Conference to discuss post-war decisions. Stalin had wanted to be a Communistic Nation, Even though he had promised to agree to Democratic standing. This angered president Truman and caused him to argue with the soviets about thier promise, they had disregarded theyre promise to the U.S. and had decided to follow the Communist Party. This scared the U.S. because they believed that there would be a domino affect in Western Europe, This changed their stand on forien policies to containment which means they believe that any traces of communist thinking in any part of the world had to stay there and not expand. This caused the U.S much involvement in Asia. For thier belief of involvement in other parts of the world i have chosen that the U.S was a better superpower in the war across continents.