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S/P/508. Was the Cold War a contest between liberty and totalitarianism?

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1450
DATE:
2011
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19.99 GBP

The paper examines the historical and political nature of the Cold War arguing whether it was a war for liberty against totalitarianism. The US ideology known as Truman Doctrine is discussed, the elements of the Cold War are outlined, the interventions of the USSR and the USA in the Third World countries are considered, US and Soviet foreign policies are compared.

 

KEYWORDS: Cold War, liberty vs. totalitarianism, Truman Doctrine, US and Soviet foreign policy,