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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Nikita Khrushchev and why Russia Is not Evil', 1.
  • Essays 'Nikita Khrushchev and why Russia Is not Evil', 2.
Extract

Who was the "bad guy" of the Cold War? Russia probably is the first thing that pops in your head. That is because you are an American, but it is easy to see that the United States could be just as evil as Russia or maybe even worse. The Soviets thought we wanted to go to war because we elected a general (Eisenhower) to be our President.
The Soviets feared nuclear war highly but felt it was inevitable. The Soviets tried to put up a front, that they have been through all the German ings so the Soviets could handle whatever the United States had. …

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