Cuban Missile Crisis Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of The Cold War, the Vietnam Conflict, the Division of Berlin, Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuban Missile Crisis Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 4 pages of analysis of The Cold War, the Vietnam Conflict, the Division of Berlin, Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This section contains 834 words
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The Cold War, the Vietnam Conflict, the Division of Berlin, Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Summary: The Vietnam conflict, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Division of Berlin and Germany. These conflicts involved countries and interests coveted by the U.S. and Russia. The Cold War amounted to and elaborate chest game where one bluffed, thought many moves ahead and occasionally sacrificed one man for the good of the entire game. This essay reviews the events of the time.
The Cold War

The second world war left the United States and the Soviet Union economically, politically, and emotionally disinclined to face another world war. Both Countries were now the most powerful survivors of World War 2. However, there ideologies placed them in direct conflict. Neither could win and the world may or may not be big enough for the both of them. Nonetheless, N. Khrushchev emphasized the Soviet Union's intention when he said, " We will bury you (U.S.)." The following countries will illustrate how the Cold War was conducted.

Korea had always been an area looked upon favorably by Russia as an area for expansion and for the control of ice free ports in the Sea of Japan. It also was a gate to be locked to prevent against possible invaders into Russia. With the ending of World War 2 countries occupied by Japan such as Korea provided...

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