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The Cold War: The Origins of the Conflict.
- April 1, 2012
- Allies
- Atomic Age
- Atomic Era
- Clement Atlee
- Cold War
- Communism
- Fallout Shelter
- Fight against Fascism
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Great Patriotic War
- Harry Truman
- History
- Joseph Stalin
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Nuclear Weapons
- Origins
- Potsdam Conference
- Russians
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Winston Churchill
- World War II
- Yalta Conference
The tensions of the Cold War are hard to imagine in the current era, even with the fear of ‘terror’ and living in what some call the ‘age of terrorism.’ For example, in the United States, Cold War paranoia reached untold heights, with secret bunkers and installations built across the country in case of nuclear […]
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The Cold War: The Iron Curtain (1945-1947)
Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.” This now famous speech outlined what Churchill called the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe. Unlike after World War I, it was clear that the United States would not be allowed to languish in the […]
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