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Shippo
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How cold was the Cold War period and its affects for today..

Post by Shippo » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:18 pm

Rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union for control over the postwar world emerged before World War II had even ended. U.S. presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin never really trusted one another, even while working together to defeat the Nazi Germany. The USSR resented the fact that the United States and Great Britain had not shared nuclear weapons research with them during the war and was unhappy with the countries’ initial unwillingness to engage the Germans on a second front in order to take pressure off of the Soviets. Additionally, Stalin was irked by the fact that Truman had offered postwar relief loans to Great Britain but not to the USSR.

Important ideological differences separated the two countries as well, especially during the postwar years, when American foreign policy officials took it upon themselves to spread democracy across the globe. This goal conflicted drastically with the Russian revolutionaries’ original desire to overthrow capitalism. Having been invaded by Germany twice in 20th century, Soviet leaders also wanted to restructure Europe so that a buffer existed between the Germans and the Soviet border. Both the United States and the USSR believed that their respective survival was at stake, and each was therefore prepared to take any steps to win. As a result, both countries found themselves succumbing to the classic prisoners’ dilemma: working together would produce the best result, but with everything to lose, neither side could risk trusting the other.

Both the United States and the USSR did much to prevent the Cold War from escalating, as both countries knew how devastating a nuclear war would be.The Soviet Union made sacrifices to keep the war “cold” by backing down from the Cuban missile crisis. It is believed believed that both countries worked hard to keep conflicts limited and used tacit signaling techniques to communicate goals, fears, concerns, intensions, and counteractions.

The Cold War had an enormous impact on the United States politically, socially, and economically as well as with the Soviet Union and for the United Kingdom

The question as to whether the United States or the USSR was more to blame for starting the Cold War has produced heated debate among twentieth-century historians.

David Cockburn has studied the Cold War period and has been invited to give a illustrated lecture on the title of KEEPING THE COLD WAR COLD which will be held in Peter Scoley Hall at the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, on Wednesday, 28th June beginning at 7.30pm.
David served for 28 years in the Royal Air Force as a pilot, initially on the Vulcan bomber and the Canberra and later on the Jet Provosts and Chipmunks. Having gained his Privare Pilot's Licence in 1965, he obtained his commercial licence in 1995 and his airline transport licence in 2001, which he still manages to maintain. He has been a Civil Aviation Authority flying instructor since 1995, and a Private Pilot's Licence examiner since 2003, on single engine piston aeroplanes and touring motor gliders.
While having an interest in jet aircraft from 1965 to 1994 he was a glider pilot competing on competitions from 1971 to 1994 and became inter-service champion in 1993
David is currently Head of Training and Chief Instructor at RAF Waddington Flying Club and has held these positions since 2009.
As well as performing his role in the Civil Aviation Authority with great dedication and energy, David is also an utterly incorrigible General Aviation enthusiast who gives up a great deal of his spare time to support other aviation related bodies such as CHIRP, GAPAN and the Royal Institute of Navigation.
It would not be an exaggeration to state that for the last decade David Cockburn’s entire life has revolved around aviation safety education and its promotion.

Doors will open at 7.00pm and Admission is free to members of Friends of Metheringham Airfield and to 106 Squadron veterans who served at RAF Metheringham. For visitors and non members tickets are available at the door to include refreshments.

For further information please telephone 07486 947 095

John Shipton
Friends of Metheringham Airfield
Lincoln
War time home to 106 Squadron

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