HIST101 Lecture Notes - Cuban Missile Crisis, Nikita Khrushchev, Mikhail Gorbachev
Document Summary
De nition: the cold war was a period of political and military tension between the western bloc (led by the united states) and the eastern bloc (led by the. Soviet union) that lasted from the end of world war ii in 1945 until the early. 1990s: causes: the main causes of the cold war included ideological differences, political and economic competition, and the arms race. The united states and its allies were committed to democracy, capitalism, and individual rights, while the. Soviet union and its allies believed in communism, central planning, and collective rights: major events: the berlin blockade, the cuban missile crisis, and the construction of the berlin wall. These events demonstrated the intensity of the rivalry between the two superpowers and the threat of nuclear war. 5: key gures: us presidents harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john f. kennedy, and ronald reagan, as well as soviet leaders joseph stalin, nikita khrushchev, and mikhail gorbachev.
