The Cold War And The Soviet Union - 1039 Words

The Cold War lasted from 1947 to 1991. The Cold War was the wars of multiple threats and possible inflation of earth but ended with invasions and hostility from nations across the world. The Soviet Union and the United States and worked together to defeat their enemies in World War two, which ended with the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombing had left the hundreds of thousands dead as well as a new fear of the United States power. Since the United States and the Soviet Union had worked together both now contained the atom bomb blue prints, creating hostility between the two great nations. Thus, the deadly â€Å" arms race† had begun. No only was there fear of nuclear warfare but also fear of the development of†¦show more content†¦The United States fear of loosing their economic and political global power used nationalistic propaganda in order to place fear of the communist threat into the people. From this came several invasions, into North Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba. Also it changed American foreign policy and the sphere of political practice in the United States. One of the biggest foreign policy and organizations created was NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). NATO was set in place to combat and contain the communist threat. The goal behind NATO was a collective defensive measure that consisted of 28 members in 1949. In essence the group promised to work together and put their military forces together if the enemy decided to attack. The power of NATOs strategies where not seen until the Korean War. Also, in retaliation to NATO , the communist formed the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was in essence the same as NATO but instead consisted of communist powers such as the USSR. NATO brought the part of the world together under one name as well as opened the door to other foreign policies and ways of management such as containment. Containment was the military practice of used by the United States in order to respect opposing nations/ states. This policy was set in place in ensure communism stayed abroad and did not spread to any further nations or America. Containment was proposed by George Kennan, in hopes of preventing world war three by usually the