Friday, January 28, 2011
Cold War=Mass Confusion
Okay, I belive the main social cause of the Cold War was the fear of Communism. I don't even think people considered the positives and negatives of Communism, there was just this mass fear of the "Red" USSR and the Communism that it advocated. Politically I believe the main cause was the fact that both the USSR and the U.S. wanted to spread there political ideology over as much of the world as possible. The two competing political systems were undoubtedly going to butt heads. For the main economic reason, I believe this has to do with resources. It was assumed that whatever political system a country chose (Communism or Democracy), it would ally with the main proponent of that system (USSR or U.S. Then the resources as well as trading opportunities would be opened for that ally. I think that both the USSR and the U.S. are responsible for the Cold War. I think the main overall cause of the Cold War stems simply from two completely different political ideas. Both the U.S. and the USSR were incredibly powerful countries who had the ability to spread their influence around the world. The fact that these two countries disagreed on such a monumental issue made the Cold War unavoidable. Both sides used shady tactics to get what they wanted all over the world.
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I agree with this view, you just expressed the ideas a little differently than I did. Two world powers with lots of weapons didn't agree on what economy was best and they were scared of each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely, Ben. However, I didn't view the two conflicting systems exactly as a "primary cause." Maybe its just my view on the phrase's connotation, but I feel that the "primary cause" has to be a single event. I do agree, however, that the conflicting political systems is what caused the Cold War, however, I also believe that this is associated with a wide range of causes (political, social and economic) that led to the Cold War, and not just a single Primary Cause.
ReplyDeleteI understand what Evan is saying about the primary cause being a single event, but I don't think there really was a single event that caused it. Or maybe there was and I just don't know about it; I don't know a whole lot about the Cold War.
ReplyDeleteOk so this question is directed to Evan: If you believe that the primary cause has to be a single event then what single event do you believe caused teh Cold War?
ReplyDeleteAnd Ben I agree with you, and thought you expressed your ideas nicely.