Title: A Cold War conflict
Headings: Cold War conflict
Cold War conflict
Contents
What was the Cold War?
Origins of the Cold War
Anti-communist hysteria
Tensions in the post-war world
The Truman Doctrine
Containment
China changes everything

Content: The Cold War was not just about different ideas and values: it had real and dangerous political and military implications. There was always the risk of conflict and – worst of all – of nuclear war. The Cold War also shaped events in Asia as both superpowers interfered in the political development and domestic policies of smaller nations like Vietnam. Origins of the Cold War
The origins of the Cold War date back to 1917 when communist revolutionaries called the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia. The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, and their movement was based largely on the writings of Lenin and Karl Marx. A 19th-century political philosopher, Marx predicted the eventual fall of capitalism and the rise of socialism, or the ‘dictatorship of the working-classes’. The Russian revolutionaries sought to destroy elements of the old order in their country: monarchy, aristocracy, privilege, religion and exploitation of peasants and workers. They pledged to build a new society where the common people controlled their own destiny.