Cold+War

Yanet Villanueva History Period: 3 June 6, 2012

**__Cold War Reflection__**

When researching about the Cold War, I learned a few new things that I didn’t have much knowledge about before. An event that took part of the Cold War was the launch of the Sputnik in October 1975. TheSoviet Unionaccomplished in launching the first satellite, used to orbit the Earth. The success of theUSSRstunned theUnited States, always wanting to have an advantage from one another when it came to military technology. In order to get Fidel Castro back, theUnited Statesgovernment decided to form an invasion towardsCuba. This invasion was known as theBay of Pigsinvasion. TheUnited States, secretly trained their fighters in order to be prepared to fight against them. In April 1961, they arose at theCuba’sBay of Pigsand prepared for battle. This conflict was the trigger of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in 1962 between theUnited Statesand theSoviet Union. TheUSSRinstalled their own nuclear missiles in Cuban after theUnited Statesinstalled their missiles inTurkey. After a while they both agreed to not attackCubaand amputate the missiles from where they had been placed.

A question I have about the Cold War is what is the reasoning of calling it a war when in reality it wasn’t? This was a competition between theUnited Statesand theSoviet Unionin seeing who would be more advanced in technology. For years they challenged themselves, attempting to achieve their goals and try to reach higher than one another. They were competing to see who would make a difference in history more than the other. The word war may have contradicted a different idea of what it really was.