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The Cold War Den Kolde Krig

The Cold War Den Kolde Krig

When we look back over the span of centuries that represents American history, it is easy to call out major military engagements which represent the major wars of this country. Når vi ser tilbage på de span af århundreder, der repræsenterer amerikanske historie, det er let at ringe ud største militære opgaver, der repræsenterer de store krige i dette land. From World War II to the Civil War to Korea to World War I, America has been involved in many military engagements and emerged victorious in all but a few of them. Fra Anden Verdenskrig til borgerkrig til Korea til Første Verdenskrig, USA har været involveret i mange militære forpligtelser og frem sejrende i alle, men et par af dem. But one of the strangest, longest lasting wars that America has entered into was the one that was called “The Cold War”. Men en af de strangest, længste varig krige, som USA har indgået var en, der blev kaldt "Den Kolde Krig".

For many Americas living today, The Cold War was a fact of life for decades. For mange Amerika lever i dag, Den Kolde Krig var en realitet i årtier. The reason it was a cold war was that there was no battlefield, no armies on deployment, no body counts and no major engagements to report. Grunden til, at det var en kold krig var, at der ikke var nogen slagmarken, ikke hære om indsættelse, ingen instans tæller, og ingen større forpligtelser til at indberette. Instead it was a long period of silent animosity between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of World War II up to the early 1990s. I stedet blev det en lang periode med lydløs fjendskab mellem USA og Sovjetunionen, som varede fra slutningen af Anden Verdenskrig frem til begyndelsen af 1990'erne.

The strange thing was that the cold war grew out of our relationship with the Soviet Union during World War II which was a relationship of friendship. Det mærkelige ting var, at den kolde krig voksede ud af vores forhold til Sovjetunionen under Anden Verdenskrig, som var et forhold af venskab. But the seeds of the “conflict” were in place at the end of that horrible war. Men frøene fra "konflikt" var på plads ved udgangen af denne forfærdelige krig. With the presence of nuclear technology, the concept of a “superpower” was born. Med tilstedeværelsen af nuklear teknologi, begrebet "supermagt" blev født. This was not itself a source of tension until the Soviet Union themselves developed the bomb as well and a long cold stand off ensued in which both nations trained thousands of these weapons on each other to warn the other that they must never consider firing those weapons. Dette var ikke i sig selv en kilde til spændinger indtil Sovjetunionen selv udviklet bomben så godt, og en lang kold stå off fulgte, hvor begge nationer uddannet tusinder af disse våben på hinanden for at advare andre, at de aldrig må overveje fyring disse våben.

It was a staring contest that lasted almost fifty years and created a tremendous drain on both economies. Det var en lige bestride, der varede næsten halvtreds år og skabte en enorm byrde for begge økonomier. Both countries had to maintain “parity” of their nuclear weapons so neither country got more than the other thus throwing of the balance of power and giving one combatant an unfair advantage. Begge lande var nødt til at opretholde "paritet" af deres atomvåben, så hverken land fik mere end de andre dermed kaster af magtbalancen og giver en kombattant en urimelig fordel. This was a strange logic in that both countries possessed enough weaponry to destroy the earth dozens of times over but still they insisted on “having parity” throughout the cold war. Det var en mærkelig logik i, at begge lande havde nok våben til at ødelægge jorden dusinvis af gange, men stadig de insisterede på at "med paritet" hele den kolde krig.

It was clear that no battle between the Soviet Union and America could ever be tolerated. Det blev klart, at ingen kamp mellem Sovjetunionen og USA nogensinde kunne blive tolereret. The potential outcome of engaging those weapons had the power to destroy life on planet earth. Den potentielle resultatet af engagerende disse våben var i stand til at ødelægge liv på planeten Jorden. But neither country was prepared to lay down their arms and begin the process of making peace with the other. Men hverken land var parat til at nedlægge våbnene og begynde processen med at få fred med den anden. So the weapons continued to point at each other, day after day, year after year, for fifty years. Så våben fortsatte med at pege mod hinanden, dag efter dag, år efter år, for halvtreds år.
So instead of conducting battles directly, the two countries fought each other through small wars around the world. Så i stedet for at gennemføre kampe direkte, de to lande bekæmpet hinanden gennem små krige rundt om i verden. The Soviet Unions, working with China happily contributed to the humiliating loss in Vietnam that the United States endured. Den sovjetiske fagforbund, der arbejder med Kina lykkeligt bidraget til den ydmygende tab i Vietnam, at USA i årevis. But the United States then turned around and armed the Afghan Mujahideen which lead to the defeat of the Soviet Union in their occupation of that country. Men USA derefter vendte rundt og væbnede den afghanske Mujahideen, der fører til nederlag i Sovjetunionen i deres besættelse af landet. From proxy wars, the space race, and occasional face offs such as the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War continued for decades testing the will and resolve of both countries never to look away and give the other the advantage. Fra proxy krige, den plads, race, og lejlighedsvis ansigt offs såsom den cubanske Missile Crisis, Den Kolde Krig fortsatte i årtier teste den vilje og beslutsomhed i begge lande aldrig til at se væk og give den anden fordel.
Finally the pressure on the economies of the two countries took its toll in the early 1990s, particularly in the Soviet Union as the stress of sustaining such an expensive and unproductive war forced the Soviet economy into collapse and the empire broke up. Endelig presset på økonomien i de to lande tog sin vejafgift i begyndelsen af 1990'erne, især i Sovjetunionen, da stress af at opretholde en sådan dyrt og uproduktive krigen tvunget den sovjetiske økonomi i sammenbrud og imperium brød op. The United States had won the cold war by sheer will to endure and stubborn refusal to give in. This is a seldom spoken of element of the American spirit but it is one that the Soviets learned to their own disaster not to test. USA havde vundet den kolde krig af ren og skær vilje til at udholde og stædige afvisning af at give i. Det er et sjældent talt om element i den amerikanske ånd, men det er en, at Sovjetunionen lært at deres egen katastrofe ikke at teste. Hopefully no other “superpower” will ever think they are equipped to test it again. Forhåbentlig ingen anden "supermagt" nogensinde vil synes, at de er rustet til at prøve det igen.

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