What Was The Cold War - 1726 Words

â€Å"What was the Cold War?† HIS 122-DS11. December 9, 2014. Katrina Dillow What was the Cold War? When did it happen? Who was involved? What happened during the Cold War? The main focus of this paper is to open the realization that the Cold War was not what most people believe it to be, a short period of time when no conflicts actually took place. In reality, the Cold War took place over a period of more than 30 years and involved considerable death and destruction. What was the Cold War? This question is commonly answered, as the name implies, as a war where no fighting took place. Most people believe that the Cold War took place after the Vietnam War and ended a couple of years later and that nothing happened during that time†¦show more content†¦Kennan, who was stationed at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, was needed. After a deep analysis, Kennan stated that the Soviet Union should be dealt with patience and persistence and that the Soviet expansion should be â€Å"contained†. This advice of â€Å"containment† of the Soviet Union was to remain vague throughout the Cold War, and thus, possibly causing many unneeded conflicts. All over the world Communism spread its rule. Whether the United States was wrong in trying to stamp out the fires, is up for debate. One thing is clear, the United States did not have the power to stamp out all of the fires that had been spread. When did the Cold War Happen? The common-held belief of the Cold War starting after the end of the Vietnam War and lasting only a few years is incorrect. The Cold War really started from the end of World War II and did not end until the fall of the Soviet Union. As mentioned before, relations with the Soviet Union had been uneasy for some time, but the United States was preoccupied with World War II. When the end of World War II came, a power vacuum created by the defeat of Germany and Japan was created. With the friction between the U.S. and Soviets already present and the appearance of this power vacuum, a full on conflict emerged. This conflict would