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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Significance of the Cold War Research Compiled for The
Paper Store, Inc. by K. Von Huben 6/2010 Please Introduction For those who remember World War II, the Cold War that
followed seemed like fighting through one nightmare only to wind up in the middle of another one, only the second one lasted much longer. From 1945 to approximately 1989-1990, the
United States and the Soviet Union stood toe-to-toe and threatened each other with nuclear annihilation. Considering the lunacy of the doctrine of "mutually assured destruction" and the human propensity for
violence, its a wonder nobody pushed the button. This paper considers what the Cold War was, and its significance to history. Discussion According to John Lewis Gaddis, whose book The
Cold War: A New History is widely considered the definitive work on the subject, believes that the Cold War had its roots in World War II. President Roosevelt knew the
U.S. couldnt win the war on its own; it needed the help of many allies, including the Soviet Union (Gaddis). At least that was how it was perceived in Washington;
but then came the atom bomb and the attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the entire picture changed (Gaddis). Now, it seemed that the U.S. could have won the war
on its own; furthermore, the attack unnerved the Soviets: "Hiroshima has shaken the whole world, Stalin told his scientists, in authorizing a crash Soviet program to catch up. The balance
has been destroyed ... That cannot be" (Gaddis 36). The Russians saw the bomb as a means not only to shorten the war but also to deny them any
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