Despite of some serious crises. the Cold War ne’er resulted into a Third World War. Although cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union was the chief ground. there were other grounds to why it ne’er resulted into another universe war. The terminal of the Second World War resulted in the separation of Europe. Western Europe was under strong influence by the United States and capitalist economy. while Eastern Europe was under strong influence by the Soviet Union and communism. This separation of influence in Europe would finally ensue globally as the two world powers race to distribute their influence on every liveable continent on Earth. The race resulted in many struggles and lay waste toing proxy wars that could hold easy triggered a 3rd universe war. Among others. these struggles included the Cuban Missile Crisis. the Korean War. and the Yom Kippur War. Despite of all these wars and crises. the two world powers managed to forestall another universe war through dialogues. pacts. and changeless cooperation. The United Nations should besides be given some recognition over maintaining the United States and the Soviet Union at peace. because since its creative activity. the organisation had been a go-between in assisting the two world powers negotiate.

Diplomacy played a really of import function in forestalling an ultimate confrontation between the two world powers during the Cold War. There were many cases. such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. where dialogue was critical in order to maintain peace. During the Cuban Missile Crisis. the Soviet Union placed missiles on the socialist state of Cuba1. This event alerted the United States authorities and forced American President John F. Kennedy to order the US navy to obstruct Cuba. which was considered illegal under international law2. This make bolding move led to intense dialogue via phone between Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. which ended in an understanding. The understanding was that the Soviets would take their missiles in Cuba if the Americans would take their missiles in Turkey and promise to ne’er occupy Cuba3. This dialogue between the two leaders calmed the bilateral dealingss of the United States and the Soviet Union. and therefore weakened the opportunities of a war between the two powers. The Cuban Missile Crisis was regarded by many as the closest thing in the Cold War that could hold triggered a 3rd universe war4. Yet. it was ended peacefully through diplomatic negotiations. An earlier war that was caused halted by diplomatic negotiations was the Korean War. although there had ne’er been any peace pacts signed5. It was a three twelvemonth war. fought between Communist and capitalist forces. which ended at the dialogue tabular array in the Korean town of Panmunjeom. where both sides agreed on an armistice6. The cease-fire prevented a bigger war between United Nation forces and Chinese forces. which may hold probably involved the Soviet Union because of their strong confederation with China. and therefore forestalling a more black confrontation in East Asia.

The Detente epoch. which took topographic point between the late sixtiess and the early 1980s. was regarded to be a period in which Soviet-American dealingss relaxed and cooled down7. During this period. a few pacts. such as the Helsinki Accord and SALT. were signed. These pacts were aimed to better dealingss between the Soviet Union and the United States. The Helsinki Accord improved West-Soviet dealingss by carry throughing the hopes of both sides8. In the understanding. the West recognized the Soviet Union’s extended boundary lines. which were the boundary lines they captured after World War II. received international acknowledgment ; while the Soviet Union agreed to esteem human rights. a hope the West had wanted9. This understanding was seen as a important measure. taken by the two world powers. into cut downing Cold War tensenesss and as a major measure into bettering dealingss between the West and the Soviet Union and her allies10. The success of this agreement proved that cooperation between the Soviets and the Americans is possible. The sign language of the Helsinki Accord led to the creative activity of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( OSCE ) . This organisation aimed to assist and develop the states of Eastern Europe11 and therefore beef uping dealingss between the West and the East in Europe. During the Detente epoch. a few weaponries control pacts were signed. Some of the most outstanding of these pacts were the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. besides known as SALT I and SALT II. Both of these pacts were chiefly aimed to cut down the opportunities of an revelatory atomic war and cool down dealingss between the Soviet Union and the United States12. The success of these pacts and weaponries control treaties has proven that the United States and the Soviet Union were willing to collaborate to forestall belligerencies that may take to a universe war.

Since its creative activity. the United Nations had helped both sides of struggle in the Cold War agree on a peace colony. During the Suez Crisis. the states of the United Nations ordered an immediate cease-fire13. This prevented struggles that could hold erupted between France. UK. and Israel and the Soviet Union. because of the USSR’s close military ties with Egypt14. Had a war erupted between these four states. the United States would hold probably intervened and created a bigger war. About 17 old ages subsequently in 1973. the war erupted once more between Israel and Egypt. It was the Yom Kippur War and this war had the United States discreetly endorsing Israel and the Soviet Union discreetly endorsing Egypt15. When the Egyptians and Syrians foremost launched the invasion. the United States planned to direct their military personnels to assist the Israelis. However. the Soviets threatened to direct their military personnels to assist the Egyptians and Syrians if the Americans deployed their military personnels to assist the Israelis16. It was the 2nd clip ( since the Cuban Missile Crisis ) during the Cold War that the United States “Defense Readiness Condition” ( DEFCON ) metre was raised to DEFCON 217. which meant that the United States ground forces was at really high qui vive. The Yom Kippur War was ended through dialogues. between the USA and the USSR in the United Nations Security Council. and a cease-fire declaration enacted by the United Nations18. Had the United Nations non convinced the two world powers to negociate a peace colony for Israel and Egypt. the United States might hold been forced to direct their ain military personnels to the Middle East. which would hold probably forced the Soviet Union to direct their military personnels as good.

The Cold War was an epoch of power competition between the Soviet Union and the United States. The epoch involved many lay waste toing proxy wars that resulted in 1000000s of deceases. Despite of the serious struggles. the two world powers managed to stop the Cold War peacefully. This was due to changeless dialogue and cooperation between the world powers. These dialogues and cooperation resulted in many pacts being signed and brought the two states closer. Throughout the Cold War. the United Nations existed as a medium and a go-between as it tried to convey the two powers closer to each other. However. audience between the Soviet Union and the United States was the most of import thing that kept the universe safe from World War III.

Annotated Bibliography

Books:

Terry Burrows. The Ocular History of the Modern World. Hinkler Books. Heatherton. 2007 This is a really utile book when larning about universe history. It has information on major universe events and I found its article about the Cuban Missile Crisis to be really elaborate and utile.

John Lewis Gaddis. The Cold War. Penguin Books. Camberwell. 2005 This book. written by universe renowned historian John Lewis Gaddis. gives good and elaborate information about the major events of the Cold War. I found it to be really utile in composing this essay.

Norman Lowe. Mastering Modern World History. Palgrave Macmillan. England. 2005 This book provided utile background about the Cold War epoch. It had concise but easy-to-understand information about the Suez Crisis and other of import Cold War events.

John Hider. Vahur Made. David J. Smith ; The Baltic Question during the Cold War. Routledge. England. 2008 This book provided utile information about the status of the Baltic provinces and neighbouring communist states during the Cold War. It has good information on the Helsinki Accords and its affects on Eastern European provinces. Internet Sites:

Wikipedia. [ Online ] at
– hypertext transfer protocol: ///www. wikipedia. org/cuban_missile_crisis [ accessed 5/10/09 ] – hypertext transfer protocol: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Suez_Crisis # End_of_hostilities [ accessed 15/10/09 ] – hypertext transfer protocol: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/DEFCON [ accessed 19/10/09 ]

Although most of the information pages on this web site are editable. it does give good information about the nature of the Cold War and really elaborate information about the events of it.

Infoplease. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. infoplease. com/ce6/history/A0814197. hypertext markup language [ accessed 5/10/09 ] Infoplease has good information about the Cold War. I found their article on the Cuban Missile Crisis to be rather utile.

MSN Encarta. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //encarta. msn. com/encnet/refpages/refarticle. aspx? refid=761579929 [ accessed 5/10/09 ] This web site. owned by Microsoft. gives good information about the Cold War and the many struggles in it. I found their article about the Cuban Missile Crisis to be really utile.

Australian War Memorial Website. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. awm. gov. au/atwar/korea. asp [ accessed 6/10/09 ]
This website gives good and dependable information about the wars and conflicts Australia has fought in. It gives good information on the Korean War.

History Learning Site. [ Online ] at
– hypertext transfer protocol: //www. historylearningsite. co. uk/detente. htm [ accessed 6/10/09 ] – hypertext transfer protocol: //www. historylearningsite. co. uk/yom_kippur_war_of_1973. htm [ accessed 19/10/09 ] This is an educational web site that has clear and dependable information on the United Nations and its engagement in the Cold War.

History Central. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. historycentral. com/Today/HelsinkiAccords. hypertext markup language [ accessed 6/10/09 ] This is a dependable and educational web site that has dependable information on the Helsinki Accords and its affects.

Britannica. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/260615/Helsinki-Accords [ accessed 6/10/09 ] This website gives good information on the Cold War. I found their article on the Helsinki Accords.

Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe web site. [ Online ] at hypertext transfer protocol: //www. osce. org/publications/sg/2007/10/22286_952_en. pdf [ accessed
6/10/09 ] This web site is really elaborate. clear. and dependable in giving information about the OSCE and its history.

Judaic Virtual Library. [ Online ] at
hypertext transfer protocol: //www. jewishvirtuallibrary. org/jsource/History/73_War. hypertext markup language [ accessed 15/10/09 ] This website gives good information about Israel’s war engagements. It gives good and clear information on the Suez Crisis and the Yom Kippur War.