How did the Cold War Shape World Views during the 1950`s to 1990`s

During the last phase of the Second World War , the rivalry between the United States and Soviet Russia became clearly discernible due to ideological conflict . While the Soviet Union accepted Marxism and intended to spread it over the world , the United States , as a champion of liberal democracy , adopted a policy of `containment of Marxian influence ' and `roll back ' communism . Thus , their ideological conflict soon resulted in a political confrontation . As time passed , this conflict ripened into an enmity and , on occasions , it seemed that another global war was imminent . Though such

a war did not , in reality break out tension and rivalry gradually reached the boiling point . This is known as cold war

This is , in a word , a `brinkmanship ' which means that the tension may at any moment , burst into an actual war . So , war was avoided , but at every moment , it seemed that war was in the offing . This is not war , but not yet peace - it is like twilight zone , because the armed peace could at any time result in an actual violent war

The Origin of `Cold War

The relation between what Fredrick Schumann calls `Marx Land ' and `Freeland ' has been far from cordial and even hostile at the end of World War II . This was , according to some scholars due to the division of the world into two camps - one led by the Soviet Union and another by the USA . This bi - polar interpretation of world politics failed to take into consideration the existence of neutral nation likes India Indonesia , Egypt and other states which have disassociated themselves from joining in any one of the camps mentioned above . Moreover , the division in `Marx Land ' for instances the difference between Russia and China , and in the Freeland , for instance , between France and USA , were left out of consideration by those who accepted the bi - polar approach gained group , because of the all embracing character of a development of modern technology and the discovery of `A ' and `H ' bomb had virtually excluded the scope of neutrality in case if two giants USA and USSR enter into armed conflict . The destructive and devastating character of a modern warfare had left very little scope for neutrality because of the determination of each party to win the war might lead them to violate the national sovereignty of others . But , in the meanwhile the rivalry of giants had left scope for even small states like Yugoslavia to maneuver their position and maintain neutrality Moreover , the monopoly of the secrets of `Atomic Power ' was no longer confined to USA and USSR . They no longer commanded absolute control in their own camp . France and China had not only acquired the `A ' bomb but also we determined to be the makers of their own policy . The existence of the neutral nations in which most of the Afro - Asian states belong has served as a check on the rivalry between the giants

What is Cold War

The `Cold War ' was kept alive by the...