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The Cold War: The Origins of the Conflict.

The tensions of the Cold War are hard to imagine in the current era, even with the fear of ‘terror’ and living in what some call the ‘age of terrorism.’ For example, in the United States, Cold War paranoia reached untold heights, with secret bunkers and installations built across the country in case of nuclear […]

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The Cold War: The Iron Curtain (1945-1947)

Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.” This now famous speech outlined what Churchill called the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe. Unlike after World War I, it was clear that the United States would not be allowed to languish in the […]

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