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This is a 3 page paper that provides an overview of the Cold War Era. Analogues to present day threats to America are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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lamentable state of affairs, but it is by no means unique in the history of the United States. Similar incidences of fear and paranoia were quite abundant during the Cold
War era, another period in time during which Americans faced the very real threat of attack from an outside foe; in this case, the Soviet Union. This paper will explore
the political and historical conditions of the Cold War era as well as particular threats that were faced by United States citizens, and how the reaction to such threats informs
protective strategies that one might well adopt in todays world as well. This paragraph helps the student give a brief overview of the Cold War. Historically and politically, the Cold
War developed gradually out of a set of virulent social conditions in Europe following the end of World War. In the few short years between 1945 and 1950, a great
many events would occur that would change the face of global politics and would usher in a four decade period of international tension. Near the end of 1945, the United
States dropped two atomic bombs onto the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, bringing an end to the Second World War; shortly thereafter, representatives of the Allied powers met in
Europe for the Potsdam Conference, where territories were divided up and a great deal of Eastern Europe was passed into the hands of Josef Stalin (Taylor, 2010). Just two years
later, in 1947, Communists from the Soviet Union had gained power in Poland, and the Truman Doctrine was established, effectively making the ideology of Communism itself an enemy of the
United States (Taylor, 2010). In 1949, the Soviets began to test their own nuclear bombs, and the United States went to war with North Korea in an effort to help
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