#10 - 4/25/'15

zAccording to Professor Foner, the two greatest powers that emerged from World War II were the United States and the Soviet Union. He also stated that it was all, but inevitable that these two would come into conflict. Quite frankly, I do not completely agree with this statement. Furthermore, I do not understand the situation fully. To a great extent, it would be true that they would engage in a dispute, now that all the other leading powers were eliminated, and thus, granting them a higher chance to gain total control of the world. I am also aware that they were enemies to begin with, but it seemed very unusual for the allies of the Great War would soon become mortals enemies. To a lesser extent, the fact that they were trying to engage in another battle simply did not make sense, because the whole world barely made its way out of a Great War. A clash between them would cause even more massive destruction, and could have potentially lead to utter destruction of all nations. Anyhow, it turned out that the main conflict arose from Russia attempting to apply its communistic ideals onto other nations, such as Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria. Here, I guess it is justified that the United States was doing a moral thing, for only it had the ability to stop Russia's evil intention and potential domination of the world.