cold war 1945-1990
a political, strategic and ideological struggle between the us and the soviet union. different political systems caused the war, us is based on democracy, capitalism, and freedom, ussr is based on dictatorship, communism and control, stalin breaking his promise to allow free election at Yalta conference feb 1945. Yalta conference the three agree to: est of the united nations, Germany to be divided into four zones, free elections allowed in the states of eastern Europe. post ww2/ cold war goals- wanted to promote open markets for us goods to prevent another depression, promote democracy throughout the world especially in Asia and Africa. for ussr- wanted to create greater security for itself, lost tens of millions of people in ww2 and stalins purges, feared a strong Germany, est defensible borders, encouraged friendly government. space race.
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