HISTORY

Cold War History

Cold War History

Introduction

The Cold War is a period of fighting between the communist and capitalist block (between power and other). This war is characterized in that there are no major conflicts, but if there are a number of local conflicts, some of which go unnoticed. These conflicts were characterized by many small wars that involved the two large blocks (the communist bloc and the capitalist bloc). This is a typical war that was unduly prolonged.

Cold War Policy: Economics

From the economic standpoint, the Communists wanted the big companies do state (public). So we wanted to eliminate the large private companies to make way for the origin of public enterprises. With this plan, the Communists wanted through these companies will design and organize the country's economy. So this was not a free economy, but directed. This economy was a big mistake, and it was that the goods and services are not made in accordance with the users (public demand), but with what they said business leaders or governors. As did large amounts of waste and the large number of products left over. The capitalist economy was much more flexible than the communist economy, as in the capitalist economy was a standard production (Leffler & Westad, 2010).

From the social point of view, everyone had their home and work, so it just did not notice the gap between rich and poor. Everyone lived more or less taking advantage of grants offered by the state and therefore had no interest in improving its economy. The Communist bloc maintained the principle of solidarity among all. This did not end a good result, but at first it was a good idea (people lived poor but not wanting to be rich). We comply with countries that lived through state subsidies. In 1989 ended the Soviet bloc into crisis as communist governments.

Methods of Containment

What was the concept of "containment"? Its main objectives are, and were first described in the article of the famous American diplomat George F. Kennan, was published in July 1947 in the journal "Foreign Affairs". It said that the United States should relate to the USSR, "as the enemy, not a partner or an international field of battle." "The main element of any U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union - wrote Kennan, - must be long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies ... Soviet pressure against the free institutions of the Western world is something that can be restrained by a skilled and vigorous application of counterforce at a number of constantly changing the geographical and political points, corresponding to the times and maneuvers of Soviet policy.” As a counter-force was considered, in particular, the application of the economic embargo against the Soviet Union, creating a network around the Soviet military bases. The military strategy of imperialism was based then on the U.S. nuclear monopoly (Gaddis, 1997).

The political epitome of the concept of "containment" was proclaimed in 1947 "Truman Doctrine", Economic - "Marshall Plan", developed and stepped into effect in ...