Rise of Superpowers After WWII
Date Submitted: 01/01/2000 03:04:53
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 15 pages (4019 words)
Category: / History / War & Conflicts
Length: 15 pages (4019 words)
It is often wondered how the superpowers achieved their position
of dominance. It seems that the maturing of the two superpowers,
Russia and the United States, can be traced to World War II. To be a
superpower, a nation needs to have a strong economy, an overpowering
military, immense international political power and, related to this,
a strong national ideology. It was this war, and its results, that
caused each of these superpowers to experience …
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