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This 3 page paper discusses the reasons for the Cold War and includes the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine and the Berlin Blockade. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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each other in a doctrine of mutually assured destruction, which meant that if either side pulled the trigger, the other would have enough time to retaliate, and both would be
annihilated. This paper traces the beginnings of this struggle. Discussion The beginnings of the Cold War actually go back to World War II, when it became apparent that the Soviet
Union and the United States were not going to end the war as allies. President Roosevelt had always distrusted Josef Stalin, and both he and Churchill saw that the real
enemy in the struggle was not Germany but Russia. The Cold War "was conducted in phases, swinging between crises of mortal danger and thaws that offered reprieves from the
terrifying prospect of full hostilities between the Soviet and American giants" (Weisberger, 1985). The first development in the struggle was the "swift collapse of the wartime alliance against Adolf Hitler"
(Weisberger, 1985). The basis for the disagreement was the inability of the allies to come to an agreement on the terms of the peace (Weisberger, 1985). In what sounds like
a replay of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, some wanted Germany a strong economic power while others wanted her military might, and the entire nation, paralyzed
(Weisberger, 1985). Among those who wanted Germany virtually destroyed was Stalin; the Western allies favored a recovered Germany as a stabilizing power in the center of Europe (Weisberger, 1985). When
the U.S., Britain, France and Russia agreed to divide Germany, it didnt take long before the so-called "temporary" partition of the country hardened into a permanent one, with East Germany
solidly in the Soviet sphere of influence (Weisberger, 1985). The tangle over Germany was one of the beginning causes of the Cold War. In addition, when it took over East
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