Communism In Film

The film is talking about the cold war period and the policies that were employed by the US during that time. The cold war period occurred immediately after World War II, and it was mainly due to suspicion by states and the struggle for communism and capitalism. The two main players as is portrayed by the film were the Soviet Union and the United States.
Caveat policy was one of the foreign policies that were employed by the US government during the cold war period. This is a policy in which the United States uses force to get its way. This is depicted clearly in the film where, despite France willingness to be part of the Marshall plan, the United States refused to offer them assistance until they were satisfied that the threat of communism had been dealt with. From the film, it can be observed that not even strikes could persuade the United States otherwise. …show more content…
This they did by employing different strategies to counter the growing influence of communism. Greece and Turkey were most affected during the cold war period. For this reason, they were receiving assistance from Britain, who were not much better off. It then got to a point when Britain could no longer afford to help those two countries, it’s was only at this point that the United States president convened an isolated Congress and asked them to approve assistance to the two states as failure to do so would make them fall easily to communism. A classic example to the use of this policy is with the dealing of Italy by the US as seen in the film. During the elections in Italy, the US wanted the communist party not to win. It, therefore, employed many varied strategies among them asking relatives to send letters to their loved ones and also the use the central intelligence agency for the first time to try and sway the