Assignment 2

1. The cold war is a term for a period of conflict, tension, and competition between the leaders
of the United States and England against the leadership of the Soviet Union that occurred
between 1947-1991. Competition both occur in various fields, such as military coalitions;
ideology; industry, and technology development; defense; nuclear and weapons race; and
others. Named the Cold War because the two countries had never been involved in direct
military warfare. But both of them each have weapons of mass destruction which can cause
significant damage, namely nuclear weapons.

2. The proxy war is the indirect involvement in conflict through the use of third parties in the
hope of influencing strategic results. It is directly related to distinguishing the
characteristics of proxy warfare from direct intervention or covert operations. In proxy war,
parties directly involved cannot be directly affected because they do not necessarily show
signs of participating in the conflict. Disguised operations do need to be dealt with in
disclosure, but this operation can still show direct representation from the parties without
needing to elaborate on anyone who needs anything behind a conflict.

3. The arms race is a competition in which two or more countries each fight against other
countries to produce the most massive arsenal. There are four main elements in this
resolution. First, there are desires and needs of all parties. If one will do this, another may
also be done. Second, this is an accelerated process that focuses on a country. Many
resources are needed for an arms race.

4. A. Berlin Airlift
In June 1948 the U.S. and Britain announced a proposal for establishing a new currency,
the Deutschmark, into West Berlin.

B. U-2 Incident
The U-2 Incident was one instance where the Soviets shot directly at a U.S. soldier. On
May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane and called the
flight an aggressive act.

C. Cuban Missile Crisis

On October 14, 1962, a U-2 spy plane flying over Cuba discovered nuclear missile sites
under construction
 D. Vietnam War
The French could no longer control Vietnam so Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam decided to
form a communist country

E. Soviet Afghan War

The Soviet war in Afghanistan lasted nine years from December 1979 to February 1989.
It was fought between Soviet-led Afghan forces against multi-national rebel groups called
the mujahideens.

F. Korea War
Korea was occupied by Japan until the end of WWII

G. Spuntik Crisis
The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program

H. Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-
Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the
spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful
uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general
and complete disarmament.

I. Perestroika And Glasnost

When Mikhail S. Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union in March 1985, he launched his nation on a dramatic new course.

J. Berlin Wall Falls

In the late 1980s Russian leader Gorbachev decided to abandon Russia’s satellite states to
try and save his crumbling nation, allowing democracy to filter through, as it did in Poland

5.
A. Because of the Cold War, communism has almost completely disappeared
from the world. Early in the Cold War, there were many communist countries
in the world. All of Eastern Europe was communist. China and North Korea
were communist.
B. Largely because of the Cold War, the communist countries buift up their
military power but neglected their civilian economies.
C. Because of the Cold War, we have large arsenals of nuclear weapons in the
 US and the former Soviet Union. During the Cold War, the two superpowers
engaged in an arms race, each trying to have enough nuclear weapons to
destroy the other.
D. In the United States, the Cold War helped to cause discord between liberals
and conservatives. During the Cold War, and particularly during the Vietnam
War, liberals and conservatives disagreed sharply over how aggressive the US
should be in fighting communism abroad.
E. In part because of the Cold War, the US became the world's only real
superpower. The US was the unquestioned leader of the West during the Cold
War. After it defeated" the Soviet Union in the Cold War, it was left as the
preeminent power in the world. This has meant that the US expects to have
influence all around the world and people all around the world expect the US to
help solve their problems