Communism In Ww2

Russian spies meddling in the Presidential election, the leader of North Korea threatening the use of nuclear weaponry, and turbulence in the Middle East, though far apart and distinct, are inexplicably linked through the decades-long Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as many other countries which were indirectly involved. In this war, The United States strived to fight off the phantom doctrine creeping across Europe, Asia, and South America—communism. Despite the diversity of nations affected by communist revolutions, the United States poured colossal effort, time, and funding into preventing the spread of communism, using strategies involving economical influence, military force, and diplomacy. The United States
was most successful in preventing the diffusion of communism through countries when providing economic support and military security through treaties, whereas the use of military force was not as successful in containing this burgeoning threat. Foremost, America supported anticommunists throughout the Cold War using . America would continue to support countries battling communist influence militarily. Next, America involved its own citizens in the fight against communism by assisting struggling anticommunists in wars overseas. Most notably, . The United States’ past interactions with Cuba display another failure of this strategy. In a more peaceful and less costly manner, the use of diplomacy and treaties was also employed in the effort to contain communism.