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Identify the contributions of van cliburn during the cold war by placing them around his name.

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Van Cliburn (1934-2013) was an American pianist that was worldwide known because in 1958, when he was 23 years old and in the middle of the Cold War era and its tensions, he won the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Moscow was the capital of the Soviet Union, the country that leaded the communist block and that was the US greatest enemy.

The international piano competition was an event designed with the aim of proving the cultural superiority of the Soviet Union, after the very recent victory that the URSS had reached in the space race with the launch of the Sputnik in 1957.

Of course, it would be considered a shame that a foreign artist, and even more an American one, could perform better than the national ones. In fact, the soviet judges asked President Khrushchev if they could give the prize to an American. In this case, prejudices were left apart between two declared enemies, and culture won that night when the prize was given to the best artist, the American pianist.

answered: 7obadiah

Top Circle: helped Americans gain

a better understanding

of the Soviet people

during the Cold War

Right Circle: positively portrayed

American values

Bottom Circle: helped bring Soviets

and Americans together

Left Circle: showed respect for

Russian culture

Explanation: For some reason on Edmentum, order around his name matters.

answered: Guest

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answered: Guest

Of course it could have been avoided. a great many scholars argue it happened because of truman's use of fear to gain support. his predecessor fdr was the most popular and charismatic president ever. truman was a machine politician chosen as the least offensive choice around for vp. had henry wallace remained vp and then president, the cold war might not have happened. or had dewey been defeated in the primaries by robert taft, and then taft defeated truman in 48, the cold war also might not have happened. taft was somewhat isolationist, opposing nato and the korean war. wallace believed truman to be unnecessarily provocative in his dealings with the soviets.of course for strong anti communists, they claim the soviets would see any sign of weakness and try to take over the world. but this is a conspiracy theory not backed by evidence. most communist movements were local and not controlled by moscow. stalin had just lost over 20 million people and was exhausted and paranoid. his number one fear was a rearmed germany allied with the us, and truman made his nightmare real with the marshall plan. truman's blunders are at least half responsible for the cold war and neither wallace nor taft would have made them.on top of that, stalin was dying and in poor health. his successor khrushchev was a reformer who ended the forced labor camps, set many political prisoners free, criticized stalin, and declined to build a powerful soviet navy to confront the us. stalin actually proposed a neutral united germany. a paranoid american gov't turned him down, guaranteeing a continued cold war for decades more.