... draw my conclusion from the analysis and decide which leader had a greater influence on the outcome. B. Summary of Evidence 1. The Cold War After World War II, a struggle for ideological, economic & military global supremacy between the USA and her allies, & the U.S.S.R and her allies emerged. The struggle, known as the Cold War, was never a direct confrontation between the super powers but rather a difference in ideology and clash of expansionist ambitions. Through the years, it became apparent that the Americanization of Western Europe opposed the Sovietization of Eastern Europe in which both used spheres of interest in order to maintain their supremacy. 2. Breakdown of Peaceful Coexistence Prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the "Peaceful Coexistence" speech by Premier Khrushchev was an initiative that called for peaceful coexistence with the West, destlalinzation of post world war countries and claimed that communism could be achieved through ...

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