Cold War Flashcards
What is the cold war
- was a proxy war between the us and soviet union
- political conflict which took place trom 1945 - 1990
- us which was a democracy and feared the spreding of communism in soun east Asia
- influences all spheres of life (economy , society ,politics, military, propaganda)
- called a cold war because they never fought directly with weapons against each other
Korean War
when ?
1950 - 1953
which countries/ supporters?
> Noven Korea - communist
> south korea - authoritarian
Korean War - results and consequences
- two million people die
- armistice signed in 1953
- divided country
Korean War - course of events
- North korea attacks und occupies the south
- the usA sends troops to Korea
- North korean troops are driven back to chinese border
- China enters war and drives south korean forces back
Korean War - reasons
- gain influence
- fear that domino theory will come true
- reunification of korea
vietnam war
When?
1962-1975
WHO?
> North vietnam - communist
> south vietnam - bad presidency
Vietnam war - reasons
gain influence
- fear of domino theory will come true
- reunification of vietnam
Vietnam war - course of Events
- USA fights in the vietnam war by dropping Napalm bombs
- the usA could not win the war
- peace negotiations
Vietnam war - results and consequences
- USA withdraws troops in 1973
- first war the usA lost
- killing of many people
- destruction of nature
- peace in 1975
similarities: Vietnam war and Korean war
> a countries divided in North and south (supporters are similar )
resons are gain influence, fear of usa that asian countries become communists
many people died
reunification of the countries (v and k)
both proxy wars of USA and russia
differences: Vietnam war and Korean war
> Kw ended with an armistice 1953, Vw with peace 1975
Kw open end (tecnically still fighting) , vw clear winner
K still divided, V really reunificuted with peace
definition of arms race in the Cold War:
- is a military competition between two countries, where they focus on the improving of many high-quality weapons in the shortest time possible
Pros for a Country to have and produce weapons
- safety of own country
- defense, protection
- fear of you → won’t attack you/
- create jols
Cons for a Country to have and produce weapons
- possibility of destruction
- waste of resources
- negative view → creates conflict
- high price of production
nuclear deadlock
In the time of the Cold war is a balance of strength in atomic weapons of two countries. If one country (f.e.USA) attacks another (f.e.USSR) with atomic bombs the other country will react with their atomic bombs and it will lead to a fatale nuclear war. Since the countries were afraid of this catastrophe, there was a standstill in which no one attacked.
Cuban missile Crisis - reasons and consequences
Reasons:
Cuba turns communist after revolution
USA fears communists (domino theory)
Placement of weapons
conflict of cold war (tension and competition betonen USA and Usar)
consequences
• deconstruction of weapons
• détente (friendly relation of both countries)
• communication between two enemies
Domino theory
describes the fear of the usA that if a single country in south asia falls under communist control more and more countries are likely to fall for it too and cause a chain renction.
Causes and background cold war
Causes:
* WWI
* different political ideologies
background
*increase of power of USA and USSR in WWII as well as weakness of GB and G
*break of Anti-Hitler-coalition because of differen political goals and distrust
Enemy USA
USA - West
spheres of influence: west Germany , western europe
ideology: capitalism
politial system: democracy
political guidelines:
Truman-Doktrin (,any nation which is being threatened by a takeover by an armed minority will be supported”)
Containment (d.h.: Eindämmung, limitation of communist influence)
Roll-back strategy (dh: zurückdrängen)
picture of the enemy:
tyranic dictatorship, that wouldn’t make it in the long run, favor of war
military alliance (defense alliance)
NATO = north atlantic treaty organisation
position:
world power
-arms production
- winner of WWII
-strongest economy
- nuclear weapons
-not weakened by war
aims:
democratization and elimination of communism, introduction of market Economy, Expansion of own influence
Enemy USSR
USSR - east
Speeres of influence: east germany i enstern evrope
ideology: communism, socialism
Political system: dictature
political guidelines: theory of two camps (After ww2 world divided in two camps: anti-Democratic camp by the US and Demokratie by the UdSSR )
picture of the enemy: reed flood, destructive, war exited, support difference between social classes
military alliance defense alliance): Warsaw pact
position:
- world power
- international respect
-winner of WWII
-major load of WWII
-big country
aims:
- expansion of communism
- restructuring of society according to Russian example
