TITLE

Component 'Cold War'

AUTHOR(S)

Hardy, Stephen M.

PUB. DATE

April 2005

SOURCE

Lightwave;Apr2005, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p8

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Editorial

ABSTRACT

The article presents information related to Cold War. One of the more popular theories about why the Cold War ended when it did revolves around economics. The impasse between the United States and Soviet Union did not break because of intimidation or a lack of will, the thinking goes. After decades of brinkmanship, fist waving, and tanks in the streets, the Berlin Wall came down because the Soviet Union could no longer afford to keep it upright. In other words, the United States' greater economic resources allowed it to keep the pressure on the Soviets until the latter's comparatively limited resources could no longer keep up.

ACCESSION #

16829507

Tags: COLD War, 1945-1989;  MODERN history;  ECONOMICS;  BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989

 

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