The_Cold_War

The Cold War The Cold War can basically be summed up by two statements, the first by Alexis de Tocqueville, “There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Soviets and the Americans, each seems called by some secret design of providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. The second statement by Fred Inglis, “They made it, of course; they drew the iron curtain across the middle of Europe, partly to stop us looking in, partly to stop their own poor wretches looking out enviously at the boundless goods and comforts on our side. Behind the iron curtain were the hapless peoples held captive by the grim-faced Russians and their stooges in office in the satellites; in front of it were ourselves, expressing sympathy for the captives but apologetically remaining very thoroughly armed, in however subdued a way. To pinpoint the factors that contributed to the Cold War, we must first start with World War II itself. America was fighting two wars on two different fronts, protecting itself from future attacks and at the same time promoting war, stalin, world, two, soviets, conference, yalta, out, european, europe, different, communism, cold, way, truman, time, stop, start, soviet, same, responsible, poland, partly, own, one, looking, itself, iron, held, government, future, first, fighting, doctrine, curtain