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Stalin had set a multitude of goals consistently based around the domination of the Soviet Union and preserving both the country's power and his powers. The book states "Stalin's postwar goals were security for himself, his regime, his country, and his ideology, precisely in that order" (Gaddis 11). Stalin wanted to take over the European territory. The biggest thing that Stalin wanted postwar was conservation of power.

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Stalin has several goals for postwar, first of all he wanted to expand/take over the European continent, and he also wanted to preserve the Soviet Union and the power that he held within the country.

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Stalin wanted at the end of the War was power, he wanted more power over the Soviet Union and over Europe. Stalin also wanted to expand his territory in Europe.

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Stalin wanted to make his country never have to worry about an external threat again and he also wanted to expand the economy of the USSR.

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Stalin wanted to gain more power after world war two. he wanted to gain this by expanding his territory in europe.

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he is described as a self serving person with the goals in mind of keeping him safe, keeping himself in power and lastly after him keeping the country in safe

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After the war, Stalin wanted to maintain control over his country, as well as push his ideology further into Europe. He was mainly focused on keeping himself in power.

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The Americans wanted security, but they were uncertain of how to obtain it compared to Stalin. The U.S was a sort of model to other countries on how to operate. They wanted to spread American ideas "all men are created equal" throughout the world, but they had no influence in how countries took this information and implemented it.

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At the end of WWII, Stalin wanted security for himself and the ideology he created. He wanted to ensure internal and external dangers wouldn't affect his rule and the country.

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Stalin essentially wanted to secure the safety of himself and his country. In order to do this Stalin believed that he needed to expand communism throughout Europe in order to preserve his form of government.

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America wanted security like Stalin wanted, but different from Stalin's desire to expand through Europe, America was less sure what this meant to them. Another thing is that America wanted to expand their global influence in terms of their ideas and their values.

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At the end of the war, Stalin wanted to take over Europe and and conserve the Soviet Union's power. He wanted to spread communism. He wanted to stay in power, and keep himself safe.

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America also wanted security, but the dilemma they faced was their ideas that influenced other countries, but America didn’t know how other Countries would use their ideas.

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America wanted security but didn't want it the same way that Stalin did. They also wanted to spread American ideals of equality for all men and freedom for all, but they did not influence how other countries viewed and implemented these ideas.

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After the war America simply wanted assurance that their country would be safe and secure. However, because of the increased participation in foreign affairs, America wanted to create a greater influence worldwide. America wanted to spread their ideologies, however they wanted to do so in a way that was different from the Soviet Union.

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America wanted security for democracy, and wanted to spread the idea that ¨All men are created equal¨ throughout the world. The dilemma they faced was that Stalin was not cooperating and would not cooperate or keep promises.

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At the end of the war, America wanted security. Unlike Stalin, they did quite know how to obtain their security. They still wanted to expand their ideas globally despite never making an effort.

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FDR and Churchill envisioned a post-war world that coexisted peacefully on an international basis. The book says " To frame the issue in its most basic terms, Roosevelt and Churchill envisaged a postwar settlement which would balance power while embracing principles"(Gaddis 26). These two leaders wanted to avoid the possibility of another war as much as possible. Stalin wanted to maintain the power he had gained from World War II. This meant keeping the Soviet's land. Stalin also wanted to spread his Marxist ideals throughout Europe.

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The Americans wanted to be secure just like Jospeph Stalin did but we wanted different things than he wanted. The dilemmas we faced were our ideas that we were trying to spread.

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FDR and Churchill envisioned a postwar settlement that would be able to balance power at the same time as embracing certain principles. They hoped that this would help prevent any new wars by avoiding the same mistakes that had helped to lead to World War 1. They were going to ensure cooperation among the great powers, they wanted to be able to revise the League of Nations into a new United Nations that would serve as a collective security organization. Stalin wants different things. He hoped to agree on a settlement that would secure his own and his country's security, he wanted to encourage rivalries among capitalists. Rivalries among capitalists would ensure an eventual dominance of Europe by the Soviet Union.

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America wanted security so they could be same and secure. They wanted it in a different way than Stalin. They wanted to spread their ideas and have influence, but they weren't sure how other countries would use their ideas.

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In 1949, China was under new leadership. Mao Zedong formed the People's Republic of China. Zedong was a die hard communist, and was more than ready to ally with the Soviet Union. Zedong did this for a few reasons; one being the Marxism- Leninist ideology, Stalin also gave Zedong the blueprint for leading China the way he intended, and Zedong felt heavily betrayed by the Americans. China joining with the Soviets, gave the Soviets a second front. In which China would work in the west, and the Soviet Union would work in the East.

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at the end of the cold war the united states wanted to halt the spread of communism to the rest of the world.

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after ww1 wanted to maintain his control over his country, and he also wanted to expand his territory.

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In 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the formation of the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong was a communist, and wanted to ally with the Soviet Union, Stalin would basically be the main power in Europe, and Zedong would be the main power in Asia. The two were both into the Marxist-Leninists ideology.

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FDR and Churchill envisioned the world as one that could coexist peacefully with other countries. Stalin wanted to maintain his power and keep the Soviet's land.

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FDR and Churchill wanted a world in which war such as WII would never happen again. Stalin instead wanted a world in which he was able to secure his own country and regime while at the sametime causing capitalist countries to go into war amongst themselves.

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Stalin wants to spread communism and protect his power

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fdr and Churchill wanted a post war world that held power and principle equal, they wanted this world to never lose sight of the founding it was built on.

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After the war, America wanted to make sure they were safe and secure. they also wanted to spread their ideals so they participated in some foreign affairs.

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America wanted to impose democracy on other "enlightened" countries and for better security

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FDR and Churchill envisioned a postwar world where people and nations could coexist while Stalin wanted to maintain his power and keep and gain soviet land.

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after a quarter century the civil war between communist and Chinese nationalist ended and China formed the people's republic of china that was a communist party. tis was a surprise for both America and the Soviet union because they both assumed that the nationalist party would continue to run China after world war two instead of fleeing to the island of Taiwan. now the most populous place on earth was a communist party

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During this time, China formed the People's Republic of China. They wanted to ally with the Soviets. Mao felt betrayed by the Americans.

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They envisioned 4 things

1 keep their allies close

2 get post war settlement

3 have a successful settlement that actually works unlike WW1

4 Sell the to the American people and try to stabilize our economy and try to make europe different than it was pre war

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in Korea the Americans were occupying the south of korea to later invade Japan's home Island which never happened but the USSR was planning to invade manchuria and ended up in north Korea. after a while they agreed on the 38th parallel to split the two sides but there was still no full Korea government. the south held elections for their leader the north did not, but they both claimed to be the legitimate government.

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The cool thing about the Korean War is that both sides had nuclear weapons but nobody used them.

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In Korea a war was going on between the North and South sides of the country. The Soviet Union saw this as an opportunity to expand their army, while the USA simply wanted to avoid communism spreading into other countries.

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It marked the first major armed conflict where both sides possessed nuclear powers.

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In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. South Korea looked for support from America, while North Korea looked for support from Moscow. The Soviet Union saw an opportunity to grow their military and ideals even further. The Americans wanted to avoid more conflict.

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the development of nuclear weapons psychologically affected the government leaders because one push of a button could take out half a nation, and since tensions were high the waiting finger was held over the button ready to push at the slightest disagreement.

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they tried to make nuclear weapons illegal multiple times but they failed every time

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tensions were high so it when someone disagreed there was always the threat of nuclear bombs

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The development of nuclear weapons gave the west a sense of peace. These weapons were the ultimate defense for society. These weapons were also the biggest threat that a military/government could propose.

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The Korean War was special in the use of nuclear weapons because it marked the first conflict in which both sides of a war possessed nuclear powers

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During this time, North Korea invaded South Korea with the prodding of Stalin. The South continuously looked for America to support them and aid them, while the North was backed up by the Soviet Union with their sights set on expanding their borders and also their political values.

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The psychological impact of the development of nuclear weapons on government and leaders revolved around the fact that these weapons could bring either compromise or destruction. To employ the use of one of these bombs, the government and/or the leaders would be severely impacted, the results of the bomb would not only affect the nation that received the bomb, but also the nation that dropped the bomb.

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The Korean War was unique in the regards for nuclear war, because now both sides of the war possessed the means and the matter to use nuclear power.

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There were several treaties and Agreements that were signed and put into place, to restrict the uses and possession of nuclear weapons in times of war and in times of peace. There was the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty, the Strategic Arms Limitation Interim Agreement, and lastly the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

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Having nuclear weapons gave everyone on both sides some reassurance since having them meant they could be used. They also brought fear to the enemy side.

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North Korea and South Korea, while supposedly one government, were both divided. North Korea was influenced by the USSR to invade South Korea. The USSR was under the impression that America would not interfere and could easily take over South Korea. However, as North Korea began their invasion America quickly jumped to the aid of South Korea in an attempt to prevent the Soviet Union from gaining even more power.

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the colonial rule influenced the war because as countries were decolonized the us and USSR were quick to try to gain them as allies.

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the Marshall plan was a plan to provide financial aid to Europe after world war 2, the goal was to stop the spread of communism.

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the Berlin wall was built to prevent the German controlled citizens from fleeing to the allie controlled part of the city

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The Marshall Plan was to help spread democracy and try and stop the spread of communism, it was enacted after World War 2 and was an attempt to help rebuild and aid Europe after the war

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The Berlin War was built to keep West and East Berlin separate, overall it was to keep the East Berlin citizens from escaping to the West side. East Berlin built the wall to prevent the spread of people and "western" ideas/values/influences, wanted to keep the eastern communist state ways. People on both sides of the wall didn't really like it and wanted to get rid of the wall