上海交通大学通识核心课程“历史视野下的美国文化”结业论文 believed that the religion of these two countries also contributed to the War.However,I don't find it make sense.As the Soviet Union was a Communist Country,the position of the Eastern Orthodox would not be put in such an important place when the communists making their decisions,leave alone their historical influence when considering the fact that most of the communists were strict atheists and firm materialists.The same way goes to the point view if some believed that the Christian religion of the US contribute to the Cold War.Scholars thought the American believed that they were the Chosen People of Jehovah,thus they wanted to be a model kingdom to the world.I think this is funny and make no sense either.I don't mean the concept of the Chosen People,who knows whether if this is God's will,but it won't be possible for all the Christian to remind the teaching of the God,love your enemy as yourself.Therefore,if the Americans were really strictly lean to God's teaching,I don't believe whether the Cold War would take place. When I look back on the history of the Cold War,I always feel it thrilling.Two super power in this planet threatening each other with the atomic bomb,restricting of the communication of both side and bringing a grave and nervous atmosphere to the world.It were very likely,if one live at that time,the Third World War would take place the next morning he got up,and an atomic bomb were exploded the other day he went to sleep.The entire human race didn't feel at ease at that time.Truly,this history reminds me of lots of things,not only in terms of the diplomacy of a country,but many other things about my living in the world.First of all,the importance of communication is beyond words.Both the US and the Soviet failed to know what each other was thinking about at that time,which led to many mistaken decisions,one of which was the Korean War.As to an individual,if one do not convey his thoughts to other,trust is less likely to build between him and others.Also,it will make people feel uncomfortable and even unsafe to stay with him.What's more,I also learn that one should respect the differences between him and others and seek the similarities.We can see that the great difference in ideology was not accepted by both sides during the Cold War,each of them believed the other was worse and should compromise,which ended up to be fierce confrontation of both sides Well as the saying goes,every leaf is different.It won't be possible to have all the people accept each other's principle.Therefore,due respect should be shown to others when confronting with the differences so as to build up a harmonious relationship. Even though it have been a period of time since the Cold War ended,the study and researches about the outbreak of the Cold War and the war itself is still developing around the world.Since it had once been a tragedy to the human race,it must have its unique value and teaching,which worth our concentration and studying. Reference: 刘伟红， 《浅析冷战形成的原因》陕西社会科学论丛：第3期： 魏啸飞，《美国文明史英文教程》北京大学出版社，2008，P253 雪莲，《美苏“冷战“的起源》，赤峰学院学报（汉文哲学社会科学版）第32卷第2期， 2011 周倩， 《浅论冷战根源》剑南文学：经典阅读2012年第三卷 4上海交通大学通识核心课程“历史视野下的美国文化”结业论文 4 believed that the religion of these two countries also contributed to the War. However, I don’t find it make sense. As the Soviet Union was a Communist Country, the position of the Eastern Orthodox would not be put in such an important place when the communists making their decisions, leave alone their historical influence when considering the fact that most of the communists were strict atheists and firm materialists. The same way goes to the point view if some believed that the Christian religion of the US contribute to the Cold War. Scholars thought the American believed that they were the Chosen People of Jehovah, thus they wanted to be a model kingdom to the world. I think this is funny and make no sense either. I don’t mean the concept of the Chosen People, who knows whether if this is God’s will, but it won’t be possible for all the Christian to remind the teaching of the God, love your enemy as yourself. Therefore, if the Americans were really strictly lean to God’s teaching, I don’t believe whether the Cold War would take place. When I look back on the history of the Cold War, I always feel it thrilling. Two super power in this planet threatening each other with the atomic bomb, restricting of the communication of both side and bringing a grave and nervous atmosphere to the world. It were very likely, if one live at that time, the Third World War would take place the next morning he got up, and an atomic bomb were exploded the other day he went to sleep. The entire human race didn’t feel at ease at that time. Truly, this history reminds me of lots of things, not only in terms of the diplomacy of a country, but many other things about my living in the world. First of all, the importance of communication is beyond words. Both the US and the Soviet failed to know what each other was thinking about at that time, which led to many mistaken decisions, one of which was the Korean War. As to an individual, if one do not convey his thoughts to other, trust is less likely to build between him and others. Also, it will make people feel uncomfortable and even unsafe to stay with him. What’s more, I also learn that one should respect the differences between him and others and seek the similarities. We can see that the great difference in ideology was not accepted by both sides during the Cold War, each of them believed the other was worse and should compromise, which ended up to be fierce confrontation of both sides. Well as the saying goes, every leaf is different. It won’t be possible to have all the people accept each other’s principle. Therefore, due respect should be shown to others when confronting with the differences so as to build up a harmonious relationship. Even though it have been a period of time since the Cold War ended, the study and researches about the outbreak of the Cold War and the war itself is still developing around the world. Since it had once been a tragedy to the human race, it must have its unique value and teaching, which worth our concentration and studying. Reference: 刘伟红， 《浅析冷战形成的原因》 陕西社会科学论丛； 第 3 期； 魏啸飞， 《美国文明史英文教程》 北京大学出版社， 2008， P253 雪莲， 《美苏“冷战“的起源》， 赤峰学院学报（汉文哲学社会科学版） 第 32 卷第 2 期， 2011 周倩， 《浅论冷战根源》 剑南文学：经典阅读 2012 年第三卷