PLSC 130The Cold War Discussion Paper

PLSC 130The Cold War Discussion Paper

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PLSC 130The Cold War Discussion Paper

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read Ch. 5, please give some thought to and respond to the following in a 3 pages discussion:

1. What was the Cold War? What was the time frame? Who were the players (countries and their leaders (Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill) and why was it called a “cold” war?

2. What lead to the once-allied Soviet Union and United States, Britain and France to break apart and devolve into the Cold War? Specifically, how does Ch. 5 discuss and unpack the views that the Soviet Union and US had of one another?

3. What is a nuclear weapon? How have nuclear weapons fundamentally changed the way countries deal with each other and why?

4. What are deterrence and containment according to Ch. 5?

5. How did the Cold War move from the European theater to Vietnam? What was different about the Vietnam war? What is its legacy?

6. What is the current balance of power in the world? Superpower(s)? Multi-polar? Who are the “players” and why?