What Caused The Cold War Essay

The Cold War occurred after the traumatic events of World War 2, that lasted almost 50 years, beginning in 1945 and lasting through 1991. Even though, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies during World War 2, political tensions arose between the two nations that resulted in the production of nuclear weaponry, space race, and wars against communism that led to positive results such as improved space technology, defensive weapons, and end of communism to several countries. When World War 2 ended, political tensions could not have been prevented as United States was under the presidential term of President Truman and the Soviet Union was a nation under a tyrannical leader, Joseph Stalin. Since the Soviet Union is a communist country, Americans were wary of them, since they might influence other countries to become communist as well. President Truman believed that the Soviet Union wishes to outrank the United States and become the better nation, thus having a …show more content…
During the cold war, proxy wars occurred in Vietnam and Korea. Stalin supported communist countries including Vietnam and North Korea. In return, the United States aided South Korea and non Communist Vietnam. Since the United States aided South Korea, they were able to reach negotiations with the North that permitted the South to have a separate government not controlled by the communist North. After the Cold War, communism was starting to decline and more countries are being freed from their dictator leaders. Vietnam War received a lot of negative protest from Americans during the Cold War. About 58,000 American soldiers were killed, and and almost 304,000 wounded. It also costed $173 billion which is roughly about $770 billion in 2003 dollars. The war lasted for 19 years and the lost of the United States since North Vietnam won. This proxy war was a failure and was a victory to the communist