The Cold War
The Cold War was not only about power, it was also about ideology. Several incidents in the Cold War highlight this fact and one of these was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which showed both sides were interested in gaining power and destroying the other side’s ideologies. The Berlin Wall showed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) erected the Wall as not only a physical barrier but also a mental barrier to prevent foreign ideologies seeping through. Throughout the Cold War, the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) were both fighting for power via the control of other countries. A communist government ran the USSR while the USA was a democratic and capitalist society and both were trying to promote their ideologies to other countries using their power and influence. The Cuban missile crisis was a situation where the USSR tried to gain power by aggressively threatening the USA in the hope to show the world they were more powerful than the USA. By proving their power they could influence other countries into accepting their ideologies using scare tactics as well as the fact most people generally follow what is stronger and better than other alternatives. ‘The continuation
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Approximate Word count = 1061
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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