America's Actions During The Cold War

The Effects of Actions During the Cold War
After World War Two there were two powerful military powers that still remained: America and Russia. The two countries were on disagreeable terms, but both wanted to set the world in their likeness. Russia supported a communist image, while America wanted many countries to follow a capitalist image. Their ideals created a war, the Cold War, which put many third-world countries in the crosshairs of either American or Russian weaponry and espionage. Every move a country made in the war was destined to have an effect on the rest of the world. These happenings caused the relationships between countries to dwindle. Third world countries’ actions decided their survival, with two major powers looming …show more content…
The two powers influencing these third world countries were America and Russia. Both nations had superior military power over any third-world countries at the time, along with ways of using espionage and other tactics to destroy the nation. America wanted countries to become capital, while Russia wanted neighboring countries to become communist (Valentine, Rebecca. "US Foreign Policy”). The two countries would sabotage the other’s progress as shown in an event in Guatemala, where the official of the country was accused of considering communism as a possible outcome. America reacted to Guatemala negatively by funding the capitalist rebels of Guatemala to drive the official from power. Due to the consequences of a choice that a third- world country could make, many countries chose to become a non-aligned country or a country that decided to not enter themselves into the situation; to not choose a side. Other countries that entered themselves into the situation and chose communism were denied access to the world bank. The world bank allowed countries to take loans which helped the countries flourish. Most third-world