COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the “Long Telegram, ” Kennan emphasized that the Soviet Union did not see the possibility for long-term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world and that the best strategy was to “contain” communist expansion around the globe.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1946, as acting ambassador (charge d’affaires), Kennan drafted his now famous “long telegram” to Washington. He argued that the insecure Soviet leaders would relentlessly pursue expansionist policies to retain power and fulfil their communist dogma.
Detailed explanation-3: -But throughout those four-plus decades, the threat that atomic warfare would destroy human life loomed large. Westad has long argued that we should take a broader view of the roots of the Cold War. For him, its distinctive feature was the competition between capitalism and communism.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Truman Doctrine, 1947 With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.