Imperialism During The Cold War

The Cold War was composed of two competing superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, in a war without ever direct conflict. The Cold War came to be through Soviet actions and American fear of those actions. The Soviets practiced their ideology of communism on East Germany and took over Eastern European countries as a buffer zone to protect themselves. This rather imperialist foreign policy was alarming to the United States and their allies, especially since imperialism was beginning to be viewed negatively. Also, the US saw communism as a great evil and any instance of it was dealt with harshly. This fear impacted the foreign policy to become defensive against it. Because imperialism was now negative, western countries like Britain