Cold War3
After World War II, a struggle between the Communist nations and the democratic nations occurred which is known as the Cold War. The United States had a policy set up that clearly stated that any nation invaded by a communist country would have the assistance of the United States Government in controlling Communism expansion. This theory was known as containment. Containment was used throughout the Cold War, and the policy appeared to be a success by stopping communist Russia. Was the United States wise in implementing their philosophy of containment? Since the Communist nations were held back and did not expand their beliefs, the goal of the United States was reached and containment served its purpose. In my opinion, enforcing containment was an excellent decision.During World War II, the Communist and democratic nations fought as allies against Japan, Germany, and Italy. We were indeed the most powerful nation but we did not wish to receive the burden of world leadership. Thus resulting in the reduction of armed forces for the United States. Then, as we entered the Cold War, the United States and Russia were on separate sides wishing to defeat the other. What caused this change? During World War II we both had a co
This is why containment was such a good theory for us. It was a non-aggressive way to fight Communism. Since we used containment, the Soviet Union was less tempted to bring out nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. The Cold War would have become a "hot war" real quick if they forced the issue of containment. The policy was set up to serve the purposes of stopping Communism, not starting a massive war. Which kind of war is better: a massive attack resulting in thousands of dead soldiers or a long, drawn out war? The most logical answer is the long, drawn out war; which is exactly what the Cold War was. It was not a war to "fight to the death." It was a war of "Do as you please but keep it within your own Communist nation, or come through us and our Containment Policy." History proves that when the United States has been aggressive, not much has come out of it and our goals were lost. One example is the Korean War. In this war, the United States pushed communist North Korea to China, which then backfired as China came back to humiliatingly defeat us. We were beat in our own game of taking aggression. Unlike the Korean War, the United States sat back and waited for Russia to take the first move. Following each plan was a counter purposed by the United States and its Containment Policy. During the Berlin blockade, a group of non-Communist nations came together to form NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). This was much like containment in the sense that it was being used in the assistance to stop the spread of Communism. A few months later in June of 1947, the Marshall Plan was proposed by United States Secretary of State, George Marshall. He pr
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