cold war

Historians distinguish the following stages of the Cold War:
March 5, 1946 - 1953 marked the outbreak of the Cold War Churchill's speech, delivered in the spring of 1946 in Fulton, which proposed the idea of ​​creating a union of the Anglo-Saxon countries to fight communism. The aim of the U.S. was the economic victory over the Soviet Union, as well as, the achievement of military superiority. In fact, the Cold War started earlier, but it was the spring of 1946, due to the refusal of the Soviet withdrawal from Iran, the situation has seriously deteriorated.1953 - 1962 During this period of the Cold War, the world was on the brink of a nuclear conflict. Despite some improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S. during the "thaw" of Khrushchev, at this stage there have been anti-Communist uprising in Hungary, the events in East Germany and, more recently, in Poland, as well as the Suez crisis. International tensions increased after the development and successful testing of the USSR in 1957, an intercontinental ballistic missile. However, the threat of nuclear war has receded, as the Soviet Union now had an opportunity to retaliate against U.S. cities. This period ended with relations between the superpowers of Berlin and the Cuban missile crisis of 1961 and 1962, respectively. Allow Missile Crisis was only in the course of private conversations, the Heads of State of Khrushchev and Kennedy. Just as a result of the negotiations was signed a number of agreements on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.1962 - 1979 period was marked by the arms race and undermine the economy of the competing countries. Development and production of new types of weapons require incredible resources. Despite the presence of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States signed an agreement on strategic arms limitation. Developing joint space program "Soyuz-Apollo". But by the early '80s the Soviet Union began to lose the arms race.1979 - 1987 The relations between the USSR and the USA again sharpened after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. U.S. is deploying in 1983 ballistic missile bases in Italy, Denmark, England, Germany and Belgium. The development of space defense. USSR responds to the actions of the West exit of the Geneva talks. During this period, the system of missile warning is in constant combat readiness.1987 - 1991 Parish in 1985 to power in the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev has caused not only the global changes in the country, but also a radical change in foreign policy, called "new political thinking." Ill-considered reform finally undermined the economy of the Soviet Union, which led to the defeat of the actual country in the Cold War.The end of the Cold War was caused by the weakness of the Soviet economy, its inability to maintain a arms race, as well as, the pro-Soviet Communist regimes. Played a role and anti-war speeches in various parts of the world. The results of the Cold War, the USSR were disappointing. The symbol of the West's victory was the reunification of Germany in 1990.
As a result, after the USSR was defeated in the Cold War, has formed a uni-polar world model with a dominant superpower, the United States. But there are other consequences of the Cold War. This rapid development of science and technology, especially the military. Thus, the Internet was originally designed as a communication system for the U.S. Army.
Today photographed many documentaries and feature films during the Cold War. One of them, telling in detail about the events of those years, "heroes and victims of the Cold War."