Posted: October 2nd, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: American Politics, History, Law & Politics, The Cold War | Tags: Berlin, CIA, Communism, Harry Truman, Marshall Plan, Mccarthyism, NATO, Russia, Russian, Soviet, Soviet Union, Stalin, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia | Comments Off
The Cold War – Who Was to Blame?
As early as 1948, blame was being placed for the yet to be concluded Cold War era. In that day, the predominant view was that the fault lay not on the West, despite the unclearness of intentions and the icy tone of the Truman administration’s relations with the [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: History, The Cold War | Tags: Berlin, Berlin Airlift, Germany, Soviet Union | Comments Off
With the Nazis defeated after World War II, the Western powers finally thought the string of wars was over. On the contrary, the USSR had other plans for the newly conquered Germany. Berlin, Germany’s capital, was divided among Great Britain, the United States, France, and Russia. While this division was intended to keep peace, the [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2007 | Author: admin | Filed under: History, The Cold War | Tags: Berlin, Berlin Wall, Communism, Germany, Soviet Union | Comments Off
The Berlin Wall, built in August of 1961, was a physical symbol of the political and emotional divisions of Germany.
The Wall was built because of a long lasting suspicion among the Soviet Union on one side and Western Europe and the United States on the other. Once World War II was over, these Allies no [...]
