Cold War
A cold war is a state of conflict between two nations in which the arguments stop just short of actual fighting. The war began in severe death and destruction with the dropping of the atomic bomb. The cold war would last nearly two decades with many people involved. ... The cold war was a war on many fronts; it drastically changed the world and greatly influenced the relationships between world powers. The Cold War originated from many heated debates. ... There are many reasons for the cold war under-pining them are political and social differences (Pimlott 8). The United States proved itself as a world power in the Second World War (Pimlott 10). ... This conflict between powers has seen no end throughout post world war history. ... The Korean War and Vietnam were both side affects of the cold war (The Longest War 1). ... The major aspects of the cold war are rather broad to share, but there are very specific details that show the affects of the war on the economy, the government and the society. The great depression greatly fueled the cold war. ... This economic crunch is the byproduct of a world at war and in the after math its quite ironic that people would turn to the very thing they are against in hopes a better life. ... Due to United Nations censuring aid to communist countries the satellites of the Soviet Union were not recovering financially from the Second World War and many countries rebelled (Mee 5). ... American society was not particularly affected in the cold war; we affected the war by funding billions of dollars in aid to needy countries.