Why The United States Dropped The Cold War?

The Cold War was an international conflict that argued whether or not communism was good or bad. It served as an indirect war between the Soviet Union and the U.S.A.; both countries influenced multiple countries to fight on a specific side within its 50-year span (China, Vietnam, North and South Korea, etc.). The main concern of both countries was democracy against communism and which form of government was better. The actions of both countries displayed how different their ideologies were. This led to many technological and medicinal advances being made to show off how accomplished their country was. It started in 1949 and ended in 1991. The Cold War began due to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, America dropping
America did this to show the flaws of communism and aid countries to ensure no more communism spread. This method of containment proved to be successful because Western Europe was rebuilt and used a democratic government. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki started the Cold War by introducing the nuclear age. This resulted in an increase in atomic weaponry for America, which led to the Soviet Union developing its arsenal of weapons. “...meant to anticipate and align with Stalin’s intention to downplay the importance of the United States’ atomic bomb while pushing the Soviet Union’s nuclear project forward.” (Romei 2020). The dropping of the atomic bomb resulted in the Soviet Union trying to obtain nuclear weapons to become a world power. This action was to try and make communism look more successful because they were developing stronger nuclear devices than the atomic bomb. This soon resulted in the development of the first hydrogen bomb by the Soviet Union. “The high point in US holdings was the mid-1960s when it held over thirty-one thousand weapons. The Soviets went even further; in 1986 they had over forty-one thousand nuclear warheads in their inventory,”(Ryan