7/29/2019 UOPX WK1 HIS135 Assignment Cold War Ideology and
Policies
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During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were
allies against the
Germans. They fought together to free those people whose lands
were captured or destroyed by
this war. The United States and the Soviet Union became known as
the worlds two super
nations after the end of World War II.
Once the war was officially over, the United States and the
Soviet Union realized that
they had no real threat from any other nations. However, they
did feel that there was a threat
from each other because they were both powerful.
The United States was economically fit with a huge armed forces
and more advanced
weapons of mass destruction. On the other hand the Soviet Union
was all but destroyed. The
condition of the Soviet Union did not deter them from feeling
that they were the equals of the
United States.
The American people were suspicious of the Soviet Union because
of their communists
beliefs. The American people were so afraid of the threat of
communism taking root in the
United States that extreme measures were taken to prevent this
from happening. This included
the monitoring of all people and organizations that veered off
of the beaten path when it came to
political opinions about over governments policy.
The Soviet Union was also suspicious of the United States
crossing their borders with an
attempt to take control of the less powerful nations. They began
monitoring the Soviet borders as
well as the Korean and Vietnamese territories. Even though there
was a lack of trust on both
sides, both super powers maintained respect for each others
demands.
Both nations created their own version of blacking out the other
from obtaining
information that might allow the other get an upper hand and
over take the weaker one. The
