The Soviet Union was a single party state and held a communist economic system that the U.S wanted to hold a 'containment' foreign policy towards. ... This firmness towards Stalin had begun years before in 1945 when the U.S demonstrated its nuclear power upon Japan. ... Following the Berlin blockade, the fear of soviet aggression in Western Europe reached a new high. ... It is argued that the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan could be seen as threatening acts towards the Soviet Union as the U.S bribed Western Europe to side with them. ... This makes Truman's policy towards the ...

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Sino-Soviet History The winds of change were blowing over Eastern Europe and China towards the end of World War I. ... China favored continued aggression against the west, or what they called "imperialist nations-. ... Because of this incident, Chou Enlai and the rest of the CCP began to rethink their strategy towards their northern neighbor (3). ... Consider this hypothetical scenario: the PRC and the USSR signed a mutual aggression pact, saying that, if one country is attacked, it is an attack on both. ...

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Soviet aggression like this only heightened tensions and therefore America spent more to gain an advantage. ... Gorbachev tried to introduce gradual reform away from the old central planning and towards the free market, as demanded by soviet reformers and western leaders. ... Reagan's criticism of the Soviet Union and his support of the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) is often credited with pushing Gorbachev towards reform. ...

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This can be regarded as a small first step towards ending the Cold War - the USSR was too proud to show her need in US products. ... Therefore, the USA's aggression against communism - for North Vietnam declared herself communist - escalated even further and the point made earlier about the USA willing to "de-globalise" globalised Cold War does not stand. ...

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In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression pact, which secretly promised Russia half of Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltic States. ... Army Group North, which would advance to Leningrad, Army Group Center, which would advance to Smolensk and Army Group South which was ordered to push towards Ukraine. ...

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Also, during the Crimean War (1854-1856), France sided with Britain against Russian aggression in the Near East. ... However, Communism was prominent in China and towards the end of the Cold War U.S-Chinese relations were relatively good. ...

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