Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Week 7 - February 15 to February 19 - The Beginning of the Cold War
The Cold War is hard to understand because it is many little battles but not an actual war between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. There are a lot of conflicting ideals here but as Gabby said, at the end of the day it's a war of DEMOCRACY v. COMMUNISM. In the process, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. do a lot of things to make sure that neither of the other two take too strong a hold on other countries or territories. Once all the lives are lost though, was it worth it? To many, it was considered a worthy cause because it protected the American "way of life." To others, the threat was not real enough to our domestic policy to warrant the use of so many American lives. What do you believe?
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On a related note and my reflections as to the conomic practices of our nation, I would argue that the Cold War was one between CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM. On consideration of government, it was a war between a supposed constitutional republic and centralized government waving the banner of a country run by the working class.
ReplyDeletein my opinion.. the United States didn't really fear the " End of the World" due to nuclear weapons. They feared the lack of control they would have in the western hemisphere. Really, if we were so afraid, why not raise the white flag and give in. They ( as in the U.S. form) weren't that concerned about the attacks but of the communist control AND the lost of control.
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