How Did The Us Prevent Communism During The Cold War

“Capitalism and communism were prevented from cooperating… because of their ideological differences, jealousies, suspicions, and power politics” (Packet). After World War II, the United States of America and the Soviet Union had many differences that made it difficult for these two superpowers to work together. Since the atomic bomb was introduced, the threat of nuclear weapons spread across the world and the Allied Powers worked to prepare. Countries either sided with the Western powers and ideas of capitalism, or they sided with the USSR and communism. The United States established a policy of containment while the USSR aimed to dominate Eastern Europe. Both sides belonged to the United Nations and established institutions that would encourage and strengthen their goals. The American institutions included the Atlantic Alliance, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
The Atlantic Alliance was a military alliance set up between the USA, Canada, and 10 other European countries. In the event that one of the countries was attacked, all of the other countries had to come to aid them. “Russian expansionism forced the United States to institute its containment policy”, which prevented communism from spreading (Packet). The Truman Doctrine added to this, which made it a national policy to intervene and help Western countries from the threat of communism. The Marshall Plan was created to help Europe recover economically from World War II and reach the “achievement of [the] economic independence” the Western Powers used to have (Packet). Finally, the purpose of NATO was also created as a response to the intimidation of the USSR. This institution was a military arrangement against the Soviet Union, where the American troops were stationed at the