Cold War
Cold War | The Cold War Was Unnecessary and Costly for the United States
In the following viewpoint Richard J. Barnet reexamines two documents written in the beginning of the Cold War: George F. Kennan’s 1947 article “The Sources of Soviet Conflict,” written under the pseudonym Mr. X, and journalist Walter Lippmann’s book The Cold War, which consisted of columns written in response to Kennan’s article. Kennan’s article was the inspiration for the U.S. policy of containment of Soviet aggression. According to Barnet, Kennan maintained that although the Soviet Union was at that time ideologically and economically weak, it was committed to...
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- Introduction
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From Allies to Enemies: The Origins of the Cold War
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The United States Should Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Not Seek Peace with the Soviet Union
- The United States Should Contain Soviet Expansion
- The Soviet Union Should Contain U.S. Imperialism
- Soviet Expansion Policies Initiated the Cold War
- U.S. Containment Policies Initiated the Cold War
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Coexistence and Conflict
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The War in Korea Should Be Expanded
- The War in Korea Should Be Limited
- The Soviet Union Seeks Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The Soviet Union Does Not Seek Peaceful Coexistence with the United States
- The United States Could Have Won the War in Vietnam
- The United States Could Not Have Won the War in Vietnam
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From Détente to the Cold War’s End
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Détente Is a Constructive
- Détente Is a Flawed U.S. Policy
- The United States Must Develop a Defensive Weapons System to Prevent Nuclear War
- U.S. Development of a Defensive Weapons System Would Increase Nuclear Proliferation
- Ronald Reagan’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Mikhail Gorbachev’s Policies Ended the Cold War
- Reflections: The Impact of the Cold War
- For Further Discussion
- Copyright
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