COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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to spread communism to other countries
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to strengthen ties with Vietnam and Korea
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to destroy the Soviet Union and its allies
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to contain communism and to promote democracy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Overview. In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -The goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was to keep control of Eastern Europe, and to spread communism. The goal of the United States, along with Britain, was to stop the spread of communism into Western Europe and worldwide.
Detailed explanation-3: -The key goals of containment were to limit the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology. Yet containment was never a defensive strategy; it was con ceived as an instrument to achieve victory in the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States feared specifically a domino effect, that the communism of the USSR would spread from one country to the next, destabilizing one nation which would, in turn, destabilize the next and allow for communist regimes to dominate the region.