Two Important Events of the Cold War During 1945-1960

Introduction

The change in some boundaries is only one aspect of a deeper change that has affected the economy, social organization and political institutions in Eastern Europe and the Balkans in mid 20th century (Gaddis, pp. 31-87). To explain these changes, it is mandatory to research the complexities of events that have marked the recent history nearly fifty years ago that make up the Cold War and its end. By the twentieth century, the world has lived through three wars: the first from 1914 to 1918, the second from 1939 to 1945 and the third, the so-called Cold War, which led to the formation of a bipolar world, divided between the U.S. and the USSR. In this connection, this paper is going to discuss two important events of the cold war, i.e. Hungarian Revolution and Sino-Soviet split.

Hungarian Revolution

The events in Hungary in October to November 1956 have been characterized both as an uprising and a revolution, and is considered as a significant part of the cold war. The revolt was spontaneous, and its adherents came from diverse political and social backgrounds with disparate motivations. However, the speed with which the unrest spread across the country evidenced a commonly held and deep-seated bitterness over the nation's political and economic plight (Nagy, pp. 17-96). Moreover, most of those involved blamed the crisis squarely on the Soviet-dominated regime that had been in place since 1949, and demanded the removal of Soviet forces from Hungary as well as the reintroduction of a multiparty political structure. This was part of the cold war, and by making USSR weaker in the region, US wanted to imposed its influence in the region (Gaddis, pp. 31-87). The magnitude of popular opposition and the general objective of abolishing the existing system merit classifying ...