I think the primary social cause of the Cold War originated from the political and economic conflict. The main social cause was the hatred and suspicion between the two. The main political cause of the war was the differences between Communism and Democracy. The main economic conflict came from the difference in ideology between free trade/market and government control of the economy.
I think the primary cause was the political differences between the two nations. It was because the USSR was Communistic that they were suspicious and wanted to spot their form of government from spreading.
I think that both are to blame for the escalation to near direct war because of the one up quality both had. Once the US had the atomic bomb, the USSR started making their own, then the US started making more, then the USSR made even more, and then after a time mutually assured distroction was reached. If either had put aside their differences, I am not saying it would have been simple or easy, then they both could have avoided a near world destruction during the Cubin Missle Crisis and at other times.
I agree with you entirely, Adrian. This is a lot like my own blog post. Both sides had an extreme distrust of the other, and that caused them to enter a scary competition with each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree AJ. I definitely think that the fear of what the other would do and the constant need to distrust one another built the tensions of the Cold War. Also, I like how you kind of took the root idea of communist vs democracy and showed the differences with in each political, social, and economic factor. I agree with those :)
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