The Anti-Soviet Union During The Cold War
The Cold War was a period of hostility and rising tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union beginning soon after the end of World War II, lasting from 1945 until 1989. The Cold War originated from conflict over the type of government in Eastern Europe after the war. The United States pushed for freely elected governments while the Soviet Union denied it. At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, shortly after the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the new president, Harry Truman ordered instant free elections throughout Eastern Europe. Stalin denied and in reply said, " A freely elected government in any of these East European countries would be anti-Soviet and that we can not allow." President Truman cut off all aid to Russia stating
that the United States would not recognize governments established by force against the will of its people and later formed the Truman Doctrine which was an attempt at containing communism. As this hostility continued, Europe and even Asia became divided into communist and anti-communist. The United States swore to stop the further spread of communism and help those countries threatened by its spread. This led to the Korean War in which the communist North, supported by the Soviet Union, attempted to take over the anti-communist South as well as to the Vietnam War in which the communist North, supported by the Soviet Union, attempted to take over the anti-communist South. The Korean War resulted in the victory of the anti-communist South and the containment of communism. However, the Vietnam War resulted in the collapse of South Vietnam and the spread of communism throughout the country. After years of threats and war scares as well as economic and political problems, the Cold War ended and a peace agreement was reached in 1990 through the Paris Accord.
that the United States would not recognize governments established by force against the will of its people and later formed the Truman Doctrine which was an attempt at containing communism. As this hostility continued, Europe and even Asia became divided into communist and anti-communist. The United States swore to stop the further spread of communism and help those countries threatened by its spread. This led to the Korean War in which the communist North, supported by the Soviet Union, attempted to take over the anti-communist South as well as to the Vietnam War in which the communist North, supported by the Soviet Union, attempted to take over the anti-communist South. The Korean War resulted in the victory of the anti-communist South and the containment of communism. However, the Vietnam War resulted in the collapse of South Vietnam and the spread of communism throughout the country. After years of threats and war scares as well as economic and political problems, the Cold War ended and a peace agreement was reached in 1990 through the Paris Accord.