Question

During the years 1945 to 1980, the cold war fluctuated between periods of confrontation and peaceful coexistence.

a. briefly explain one policy or action that led to confrontation.
b. briefly explain one policy or action that promoted peaceful coexistence.
c. provide one piece of outside evidence and explain how it supports your response in either part a or part
b.

Answer 1

The policy that led to the confrontation is the blockade that left millions of people without electricity and fuel that were necessary for survival. They were not willing to stop fighting with the Soviet. Due to this, the planes had to take more time before they could land and take off. Peaceful coexistence came because of the creation of the UN that promoted international cooperation.

The 1973 war act limited the president the ability to participate in war without being approved by the congress. Also the failure of privileges that were regarded as executive resulted in the appointment of the executive prosecutor who uncovered many lies.

Answer 2

a.
soviet union expansionist ideology was to be curtailed by USA containment policy. This meant that whenever the soviet union tried to expand its dominion, the USA had to respond, often militarily resulting to numerous proxy wars.
b. detente
which was characterized by a period of easing tensions was a period of peaceful coexistence that saw the signing of several treaties during the Nixon administration and ended in 1979.
c. conflicts in the such areas as Cuba,Korean Peninsula,and Vietnam were crucial red days during the war.