WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States’ main concern during the Cold War was communism. The Cold War was not a traditional war. It was “cold” because the U.S. and the Soviet Union did not fight each other directly. The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945.

Detailed explanation-2: -The term “Cold War” became a shorthand to describe the ideological struggle between capitalism in the West and communism in the East. American journalist Walter Lippmann popularized the term in a series of articles in 1947 as nations chose sides in the standoff.

Detailed explanation-3: -NATO was founded as an anti-communist military alliance in 1949, and continued throughout the Cold War. After the Revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, most of the world’s communist governments were overthrown, and the Cold War ended.