The cold war was as a result of the US not agreeing for the Soviet Union to take the total power in controlling the whole of Europe. It began in 1947 due to power and introduction of technology. During the war 36,000 Americans were killed with 100, 000 thousand of soldiers wounded. ( 979). Even though people suffered in the cold war and there were spending in the defense policy, the Truman administration considered the war as a success because they made a promise to help nations that were resisting communism. ( 980). On April 17, 1961 the United States sent 1,300 trained and armed Cuban exiles or anti-Castro exiles to Cuba to fight and overthrow Fidel Castro's government. But the mission was not successful because President Kennedy failed to
