Cold War Impact

“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.”- Ronald Reagan. The Cold War was a time of distress between the United States and the Soviet Union during 1947-1991. It was a struggle because it was against two powerful nations, Capitalism vs Communism, and most importantly, between two nuclear superpowers. The United States wanted to contain Communism and protect any country threatened by it. This lead to the period when the U.S. and the Soviet Union would be at war without physically fighting one another. Neither of them could fire any missiles at each other because the moment one of them did, the other would do the same. Additionally, the Cold War had a great impact on life during the 1950’s and 1960’s. For example, the Red Scare and the House Un-American Activities Committee, HUAC. Today, the struggle between democracy and communism still
as well as to the Soviet Union. The involvement of the U.S. was an anticipated event due to the need to protect Americans and other nations that have ties with the U.S. The political struggles of the Cold War had to do with the tensions between the leaders of each country with opposing views. The social tensions had to do with the public investigations of the HUAC and the hysteria caused by Communism in the U.S. In addition, the impact in the lives of people during the 1950’s and 1960’s was very strong due to the change from mostly peaceful environment to living their lives in fear of atomic bombings. As a final point, the struggles between Democracy and Communism still exist today in the form of complications with other organizations that have rules that countries must follow. At last, the impacts of the Cold War on life during the 1950’s and 1960’s can be measured politically and socially; and the struggle between democracy and communism still exists today the 21st Century through North Korea’s missile launches and the recent missile launch on