THE COLD WAR 1941 1956

The cold war 1941 - 1956

The cold war 1941 - 1956

Introduction

In order to understand the vulnerability of a particular country's political portfolio, crises are one key factor that is being analyzed. Once a crisis develops, the government's job is to contain and resolve it. For successful resolution of a crisis, it is important for the government to understand the nature of the crisis and to have a clear vision about the new system it wishes to build from the collapsed system.

Policy of Containment

The policy of "containment" has suffered a complete defeat. Pretentious title of the policy was meant for something to distract the attention of world public opinion from the real objectives of U.S. ruling circles. This technique is not new. In 1914, Lenin, denouncing the imperialist desire to cover up the euphonious phrase aggressive creature of its policy, wrote that the way the bourgeoisie is trying to "assure that it tends to defeat the enemy, not for plunder and land-grabbing, but for the" freedom "of all other peoples, but their own.”

More "dynamic" U.S. policy was the so-called policy of "freedom." (Acheson, 1969, 67) in this regard, said: "There is a difference of opinion as to whether, on what we need to focus their hopes for a significant decrease in the power of the Soviets and their effects: the action is internal forces in the Soviet Union, or by applying external pressure. This is - the question of "freedom." Secondly, the question arises of how to stop the further spread of Soviet expansion. This is - the question of "containment". Further, Kennan stressed that "these concepts are not an alternative." "I do not know who of us would not want to reduce the area of Soviet power and Soviet influence - Kennan wrote. - So we're all for the "freedom". I do not know as a person who would consider it desirable to further the spread of Soviet expansion. Therefore, we are for "deterrence." Our differences are only a means to achieve each of these goals.

Year by year, socialism was gaining strength. Authors failed bid policy of "containment" to "physical and mental exhaustion" of the Soviet people as a result of hard years of war. The Soviet people with great enthusiasm took over peace-building. Having concluded as soon as possible the tasks of the restoration period, the Soviet Union was firmly on the path of rapid development of its economy. However, even in those years for many U.S. politicians was obvious futility of the calculations for "exhaustion" of the Soviet people. Visited in 1959, the Soviet Union a major financier and politician (Ambrose, 1984, 68) recalls the first post-war years: "When I was in the Soviet Union, the American ambassador in 1946 - he writes in his book" Peace with Russia? "- A large part of the Soviet Union from western borders to Stalingrad lay in ruins. But the Russian people with their remarkable energy again seeded with wheat ...