Cold+War


 * Essential Questions: **
 * **Can a philosophical war be more dangerous than a physical war? **
 * **Was the Cold War inevitable? **
 * **Did the United States "win" the Cold War, or did the Soviet Union "lose" it? **
 * **What lessons are to be learned from studying the Cold War? **

Background:

 * After WW I, A Cold War and an arms race led to dramatic social and economic change in Europe and North America. The U.S. replaced Western Europe as the dominant global power. As the chief global power, the U.S. took the lead in many of the conflicts that developed during and after the Cold War
 * Tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union developed quickly after the end of WWII
 * The Soviets wanted a protective belt against Germany as well as an opportunity to force-feed communism into the states of Eastern Europe
 * The West responded with rapid re-armament and an anti-Soviet Alliance system
 * Specific crises in Germany, Korea, Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere developed during the Cold War
 * Equally troubling was the build up of nuclear weapons
 * Negotiations led to arms control measures from the 1960s onward
 * Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

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 * 1) Why is that woman being choked?
 * 2) Fire, Fighting, Killing, American flag, "Is this tomorrow", "America under communism!"
 * 3) If America is under communism, there will be complete chaos and no one would be safe. War will break lose and America will burn.