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Cold war in 1949 and 1950

Introduction

The cold war is the period which was marked by the tension and rivalry between the communist block and the capitalist block . The communist block included the superpower Soviet Union and its allies while the capitalist block included the United States of America and its allies The rivalry between the two blocks involved situations such as proxy wars , in sports , ideology , military coalitions , industrial development massive spending in defense , nuclear arms rivalry and technological development

The cold war began in the mid 1940s

and ended in early 1990s after the collapse of Soviet Union

Cold war character change in 1949 and 1950

During the cold war , the USA and the soviet were allies against the Nazi Germany regime . There was opposing plans relating to the economic and political future after the Second World War . Also the dispute came as a result of the development and controlling of the nuclear weapon Powaski , Ronald E (1998

This period was marked with the start of atomic age . The atomic bomb became a factor that was decisive and led to the strain of the relationship between USA and the Soviet Union . In 1949 the Soviet Union tested its own atomic bomb whose resemblance was almost to that of America plutonium weapon . The USA tested its hydrogen bomb at the same period and it was by far more powerful than the atomic bomb . Also the superpowers increased their military capacity to defend themselves against each other

At this period there was the development of McCarthyism which came about as a result of great anti communism suspicion . There was a rise of fear of the communism infiltration and influence on American institutions and spying by the soviet agents . Many Americans accused of colluding with the communists were made to face thorough investigation and some ended in jail . Powaski , Ronald E (1998

The Soviet Union established the Eastern Europe governments that were supportive of its policies . The increase of the communism influence in countries like Poland and Hungary led to the USA coming with policies to contain this influence . The USA tried to use financial aid to these states and in certain incidences it tried to advocate for regime change in these countries . The cold war politics dominated the USA foreign policy .The increased concern that communism may infiltrate into Greece and Turkey led to Truman doctrine . Its aim was to prevent these countries becoming communists and it was through offering of economic and military aid . There was also increased economic aid package to Western Europe whose aim was for reconstruction . John Lewis Gaddis (1997

During this period , Mao Zedong`s communist army took the control of the mainland china despite the fact that there was large financial support was offered to opposing Kuomintang by the united states . This occurred in 1949 .In 1950 the Korean War began whereby the USA , UN and South Korea took arms against communist from North Korea and china . John Lewis Gaddis (1997

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