Bernard Baruch And The Cold War

The Cold War was not a war of arms and deployed men, but rather a war of information and intelligence. The term “Cold War” was first introduced by Bernard Baruch in 1947 during an angry speech he made about the industrial labor problems in the country. He was appalled at how the United States couldn't pull together their economic system in regards to the workforce, and stressed the idea that the United States needed to become more stable in order to reach its goal of worldwide peace. He called the tension and mistrust between the United States and the Soviet Union a cold war because it was a war that lacked physical fighting. Instead of physical fighting, the Cold War was a war between Soviet Communism and American capitalism over information. Both sides feared the other’s nuclear capabilities. In the quote, Baruch touched on how our enemies can be found both abroad at home, and one can interpret that as meaning there are spies who were on the side of the Soviet Union, such as the Rosenbergs. Baruch truly touched …show more content…
It features Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arm wrestling American President John F. Kennedy. They both sit on hydrogen bombs, and a cord is attached to each atomic bomb and both cords are connected to separate buttons on the table. Both men have their finger inches from the button, representing just how close each country was to using the missiles. The men are both sweating, showing just how long the Cold War had been going on before this. Khrushchev appears to be sweating more and also appears to be losing. Kennedy appears to be very menacing in the cartoon, leaning very closely to Khrushchev. This cartoon shows how great the tensions were between the Soviet Union and the United States, and just like an arm wrestling, the crisis could be over in a blink of an eye—or at the drop of a