Cold War Unilateralism

This historical study will define the underlying events that define the economic and military unilateralism of the American superpower in the later half of the 20th century. The wartime policies of president Johnson define shift in the monolithic military power of the United States in the 1960s as a direct result of Cold War ideology with the U.S.S.R. and China. America’s entrance into the Vietnam War defined Johnson’s pro-war ideology, which sought to prevent the domino effect of communism in Asia. In the anti-war movement, the anti-war sentiment of the late 1960s defined civilian opposition to Vietnam and other military aggression against communist nations, which was a countermand against the anti-communist policies of the U.S. government. Overall, the Cold War era defined a slow progression of victories for the United States with negotiations with President Nixon and Chairman Mao Zedong in the early 1970s. After the Vietnam War, American unilateral hegemony became strengthened in the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, which laid the foundation for American as the sole superpower of the world. Currently, America is still adopting aspects of the Cold War ideology against Vladimir Putin in Russia, which defines the continued legacy of future foreign policy initiatives that rely on militarism, regime change, and unilateral action in the 21st century. In the early Cold War era, the rise of anti-communist sentiment in the …show more content…
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