Summary of The Cold War

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The Cold War was a long-lasting conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, characterized by suspicion and rivalry. The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to the atomic bomb, which was created by the United States in an effort to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining an advantage in the war. The Cold War eventually led to the idea of containment becoming the strategy for dealing with communism, which was when the term "domino theory" was first proposed. The Cold War ended with an American victory because American mass culture was more effective than Soviet Socialist Realist in propagating the American lifestyle.

• 00:00:00 The Cold War is a period of tension and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The war began shortly after World War II, when the Soviet Union expanded into areas formerly under German control. The Cold War was called the Cold War because it wasn't a war between the US and the Soviet Union, but rather a series of proxy conflicts.
• 00:05:00 The Cold War was a long-lasting conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, characterized by suspicion and rivalry. The origins of the Cold War can be traced back to the atomic bomb, which was created by the United States in an effort to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining an advantage in the war. However, the Soviet Union was able to gain an advantage by developing biological weapons, which led to retaliation by the United States.
• 00:10:00 The Cold War was a time of tension and fear between the United States and the Soviet Union. The US was afraid that the Soviets were working on a nuclear weapon, and so they started a nuclear weapons program. However, the weapons were never actually built, and later on in the war, the Soviet Union was already defeated. The US went back to using the default strategy of containment, which was proposed by a Jewish diplomat, George Kennan.
• 00:15:00 The Cold War was a time when the five countries that could fight the most effectively against other countries were the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, Japan, and France. The Soviet Union had a production advantage over the other countries because it had itself, while the United States had a production advantage over the other countries because it had itself and its allies, the United Kingdom and Japan. The Cold War was fought primarily through containment, which was the idea that the United States should hold on to the major centers of production and prevent other areas from falling under communist control. The Cold War eventually led to the idea of containment becoming the strategy for dealing with communism, which was when the term "domino theory" was first proposed.
• 00:20:00 The Cold War was a period of time where the Soviet Union and United States didn't fight a war, as they had mutually assured destruction agreements in place. There were several reasons why the Cold War did not turn hot, including the fact that both countries had everything they needed inside their own borders, and that the ideologies of communism and capitalism were not a global conspiracy.
• 00:25:00 The Cold War was a time of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States, with each side trying to outdo the other in various fields. One of these fields was the space race, in which the Soviet Union was eventually overtaken by the United States. The space shuttle was a good idea, but it is now unused due to the rise of rockets that are only used once and then discarded.
• 00:30:00 The Cold War was a time when the US and the Soviet Union competed for leadership in the space race and in the nuclear arms race. The space race initially was led by the US, but the Soviet Union caught up in the late 1970s. After the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union had roughly 6,000 nuclear weapons each. Nuclear proliferation is a major issue because countries like the Iranians are trying to build nuclear weapons.
• 00:35:00 The Cold War ended with an American victory because American mass culture was more effective than Soviet Socialist Realist in propagating the American lifestyle. This included Hollywood movies, TV shows, and art.
• 00:40:00 The Cold War was a period of intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, in which they attempted to prevent another major war. In 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was created as a way to prevent future wars in Europe. This five-year period later became the European Economic Community (EEC), and in 1962 it became the European Union. The monetary union of the EEC became fully converted to the euro in 2002. Britain, which was part of the EEC but not part of the monetary union, decided to leave the EU in 2016.
• 00:45:00 The Cold War was a time when the United States and the Soviet Union competed against each other militarily. After the USSR collapsed in 1991, the Cold War ended.
• 00:50:00 This video explains the end of the Cold War and how it happened.