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re: What was the point of the Cold War?
Posted on 5/16/16 at 6:05 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 5/16/16 at 6:05 am to DavidTheGnome
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Was the real culprit control of reasources?
Countries are not people. They are run by *individuals* who stand to win or lose.
Why would either JFK or Krushchev just give up? They both rose to power by promising their people lots of things, but seeking a merger was simply never in the plan. If either of them had said "Yeah, we should be just like them" he would have been jailed for treason. If you're on top then you have to please your supporters.
So a Cold War was probably the best possible outcome.
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Posted on 5/16/16 at 6:50 am to foshizzle
I can understand why Stalin wanted a buffer zone under his control, but due to another military invasion not an ideological one. What did the USSR stand to gain by promoting communist governments around the globe?
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