The title says it all!. I believe that the cold war was in the 1980's, but not ENTIRELY sure, and I'd like to know what the basic gist of what & why it happened, in a paragraph or less!. :) Thanks in advance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>History> What's the Basic gist of the Cold War, (I believe it was in the 1980's?)Question: What's the Basic gist of the Cold War, (I believe it was in the 1980's!?) !?!? The title says it all!. I believe that the cold war was in the 1980's, but not ENTIRELY sure, and I'd like to know what the basic gist of what & why it happened, in a paragraph or less!. :) Thanks in advance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Cold War : this term is used to describe the relationship between America and the Soviet Union 1945 to 1980!. Neither side ever fought the other - the consequences would be too appalling - but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs using client states who fought for their beliefs on their behalf e!.g!. South Vietnam was anticommunist and was supplied by America during the war while North Vietnam was pro-Communist and fought the south (and the Americans) using weapons from communist Russia or communist China!. In Afghanistan, the Americans supplied the rebel Afghans after the Soviet Union invaded in 1979 while they never physically involved themselves thus avoiding a direct clash with the Soviet Union!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Hehe, well I would think Canadian history books would have something about it since NATO placed a number of radar sites in northern Canada to track incoming Soviet bombers/missles over the arctic!. The cold war essentially lasted from roughly 1945/49 until 1989!. So the 80's saw the last decade of the cold war!. The coldwar in a nutshell was a partitioning of the world into camps either supporting the US and capitalism or the USSR and communism (a veeery simplified explanation I know)!. The 80's saw first an increase in tension and spending then after Gorbachev took over in the USSR in 1985 there was a general 'thaw' and rapproachment as the Soviet system began breaking down, ending in general revolutions in '89 and the overly dramatic fall of the Berlin wall!. Dunno if that helps any!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Just the 1980s!? Uh-oh!. You better go read your textbook, because you've obviously no clue!. Don't be dumb and rely on information you get here!. You are smarter than that!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Ask your history teacherWww@QuestionHome@Com |