Communism and Capitalism were the two opposing ideologies during the cold war, the two main powerhouses at the time The Soviet Union and The United States of America would fight for their beliefs not on their own lands, but in other countries. The Cold War negatively affected Korea and Vietnam on a cultural, economic, environmental and social basis. The USSR and The United States governments only cared about the ideologies these countries held rather than the people living with the decisions these two powerhouse made in order for their own gain.
The conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States is often described as a war of empty threats and a war of the ideologies, capitalism and communism. The difference between these two ideologies
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The environment was severely affected by the bombings the United States America carried out. “In the north, 29 of the 30 provincial capitals had sustained heavy bombing damage, one third of them almost utterly destroyed.”( alphahistory.com) These bombing had severely impacted farming, industrial and infrastructure. America dropped more bombs in North Vietnam than it had done in Japan during World War two. An estimated 65,000 North Vietnamese were killed by the bombings. In order to clear vegetation, America dropped a variety of chemicals and chemical compounds onto the Vietnamese land. These chemicals did not just have devastating effects on the land, but also the people. Agent Orange was a chemical defoliant sprayed by the US program, ‘Operation Ranch Hand’ it had “sprayed more than 19 million gallons of herbicides over 4.5 million acres of land in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972.”(History.com, 2011). When the program stopped spraying these herbicides is estimated that 3 million soldiers and civilians had already been exposed. The spraying of these herbicides ceased when veterans who had been exposed to Agent Orange returned to the United States and reported signs of skin rashes, cancer, birth defects in children and other medical issues. Studies of the effects of Agent Orange have linked chemicals in agent orange to soft tissue sarcoma, lung and other respiratory cancers, prostate cancers, brain tumours, …show more content…
It has taken 60 years for some families split by the Korean War to finally reunite: brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, husbands and wives reunited for the first time with many others still not being able to see each other. Since the two sides are still technically at war, with a truce being signed by both countries the agreement for families to see each other is very unlikely. “Given their age and the infrequent nature of these reunions, they are unlikely to ever see each other again.”
Marxist communism and capitalism. During the better part of the twentieth century, the Communist Soviet Union battled American Capitalism in the Cold War. The Cold War was a battle between ideologies and economic systems and demonstrated the ability of both capitalism and communism to spread around the world. The beginning of the conflict was the result of the end of the previous conflict, World War Two. After the Second World War there was a lot of instability in the world caused by a great war between
Communism did pose a threat to the united states, not only did they pose a threat to the U.S. but they had goals for us. “ … In July 1947, George F. Kennan defined the central goal of U.S. foreign policy during the cold war: containment of the Soviet Union in its postwar sphere of influence.” As stated in the text “he perceived the Soviet threat to be more political than military, and he thought that the economic well-being of the west, more than its military might …” During that same year the united
The Cold War holds a very significant place in history; never before had there been such leaps and bounds in the fields of science and warfare. The computer, now a seemingly harmless invention was going to be used to launch and detonate nuclear missiles. Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons were at one time was nothing more than science fiction. The world has never been so close to ending than in the years which are labeled the Cold War. From the Truman Doctrine to the Cuban missile crisis to
The Cold War was a period of strain between the two superpowers Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or the Soviet Union and the United States, and their individual belief systems. It took after the Second World War and endured from approximately 1947 to 1991. Taking after the end of the Second World War, intricacies emerged focusing on the moving of universal force. The Soviet Union needed to procure extra region while the United States endeavored to constrain the increases sought by the
Communism was the ideology followed by the Soviet Union. Originally founded by Karl Marx, it said that everything should be owned by the government and then divided up equally among the people who would then all work for it. For the communist party in Russia, their political system was always in danger. From the start of the Russian Revolution there have been dangers to communism. Before World War II most of the western nations ignored Russia simply because it was a communist state and the western
The Cold War Introduction The Cold War was a fight between communism and capitalism. The war lasted from 1947-1991. The war was called the Cold War because it wasn’t one war with fighting. Instead, it was a series of regional proxy wars. The two main powers in the Cold War where the United States and U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). The U.S. believed in capitalism while the Soviets believed in communism. They both supported opposite sides in each proxy war. They had a conflict that
for American communism that grew out of the wartime alliance with the Soviet Union did not long survive the victory over Hitler in the spring of 1945. Though there was an ostensible revival of the Popular Front collaboration between Communists and liberals during the war, it was a temporary and essentially superficial phenomenon. The party's patriotism did little to overcome the hostility of its traditional enemies or make it any more popular with the general public. And once World War II ended and
During the cold war, the United States engaged in many aggressive policies both at home and abroad, in which to fight communism and the spread of communist ideas. Faced with a new challenge and new global responsibilities the U.S. needed to retain what it had fought so strongly for in World War II. It needed to contain the communist ideas pouring from the Soviet Union while preventing communist influence at home, without triggering World War III. With the policies of containment, McCarthyism, and
The foreign policy of the United States during the Cold War fully supported the growth of democratic nations. The USSR, however, wanted countries to become communist like them. These opposing views led to tension between the two nations. As a result, in 1947, President Truman issued the Truman Doctrine which stated that the United States would supply aid to any country as long as they pledged to be democratic. The Marshall plan was enacted in 1948 and it was similar to the Truman Doctrine except
Truman’s foreign policy was what I believe to be the most effective foreign policy during the Cold War. The foreign policy Truman followed was known as confrontation, which was most likely because he confronted many political and economic challenges during his time as president. Truman’s policy included the Truman Doctrine, Containment, and the Marshall Plan all three of these policies of confrontation were ultimately made to protect the United States and help the allied countries. The Truman Doctrine
In his book Cold War: The American Crusade against World Communism, James Warren discusses the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union, its causes, its consequences, and its future. Warren also analyzes why the United States was so afraid of communism and how this fear controlled both U.S. domestic and foreign policy. In George Washington’s Farewell Address, he warned future leaders to avoid foreign entanglements. However, the United States strayed away from this policy in 1941 after
Question 1 The origins of the Cold War date back all the way to 1917 where the United States refused to recognize the Union Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR) as a legitimate government. This continued up into the 1930’s in which the relations between the U.S and USSR intensified. In 1939 Stalin agrees to a non-aggression pact with Germany even besides the fact that the nazis and soviets despised each other. Soon Germany ran by nazie leader Hitler would break that non-aggression pact with Germany
Cold War Causes During World War II, the United States and Soviet Union stood by each other as allies fighting against Nazi Germany and other Axis powers. When World War II ended, political differences caused the Soviet Union and the United States to go in war. The Soviets believed in a political and economic theory called communism, where factories or farms or mines are owned by the public/ the state, and the wealth is divided among citizens equally or according to individual needs. Whereas the
the impacts of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States emerged as superpowers, initially cooperating to aid in post-war recovery efforts. Nevertheless, the partnership rapidly eroded due to their differing desires to either prevent or advance communism. As United States President Harry Truman implemented what was perceived as aggressive and targeted precautions against Soviet Union Leader Joseph Stalin’s desire to advance communism, the Cold War ignited. The Cold War was an ideological
The Cold War was the perpetual rivalry that took place between the Soviet Union and The United States. The war was called the Cold War because no direct fighting took place between America and Russia. Instead, it was a war of words and threats. It was an ideological war based on ideas of communism and capitalism. The war never fully escalated because both powers knew that use of nuclear weapons would be disastrous, although, there was a nuclear arms escalation between both sides. The Truman Doctrine