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The Cold War Era
Question
Sometimes it is said that the Cold War was a simple struggle for power and that ideology hadnothing to do with it. Do you agree with this ? Give one example to support your position.
Solution
The Cold War was not a simple struggle for power because ideology too played an important role in it. There was a real ideological conflict too. There was a difference of opinion over the best and the most appropriate way of organising political, economic and social life all over the world. The Western alliance,headed by the US, represented the ideology of liberal democracy and capitalism. On the other hand, the Eastern alliance, headed by the Soviet Union, was committed to the ideology of socialism and communism.The superpowers emphasised that liberal democracy and capitalism were better than socialism and commu-nism, or vice versa.
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Who was the President of the USA in 1962 at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis ?
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