Cold War Ideology and Policies Evonia Hogan Axia College at University of Phoenix

During World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were allies against the Germans. They fought together to free those people whose lands were captured or destroyed by this war. The United States and the Soviet Union became known as the worlds two super nations after the end of World War II. Once the war was officially over, the United States and the Soviet Union realized that they had no real threat from any other nations. However, they did feel that there was a threat from each other because they were both powerful. The United States was economically fit with a huge armed forces and more advanced weapons of mass destruction. On the other hand the Soviet Union was all but destroyed. The condition of the Soviet Union did not deter them from feeling that they were the equals of the United States. The American people were suspicious of the Soviet Union because of their communists beliefs. The American people were so afraid of the threat of communism taking root in the United States that extreme measures were taken to prevent this from happening. This included the monitoring of all people and organizations that veered off of the beaten path when it came to political opinions about over governments policy. The Soviet Union was also suspicious of the United States crossing their borders with an attempt to take control of the less powerful nations. They began monitoring the Soviet borders as well as the Korean and Vietnamese territories. Even though there was a lack of trust on both sides, both super powers maintained respect for each others demands. Both nations created their own version of blacking out the other from obtaining information that might allow the other get an upper hand and over take the weaker one. The

United States and the Soviet Union were in at constant war over what seemed to be frivolous matters, like boundaries that each maintained in other countries.