The tactics exercised by the U.S. and Great Britain were created to impede the Soviet Union’s endeavor to explicate pushover communist governments over subverted nations, with this approach Truman exposed his doctrine which pursued a responsibility in determining U.S. relevance’s. Winston Churchill’s public speech in March of 1946 was the principal impassion of what commenced the Cold War. Truman was solicited by his official’s not to advocate Churchill’s declarations, but he was enraged from Stalin’s refuted affirmation of enabling the polish people to establish their own structure of government, and publicly advocated the speech. The American populaces were dismayed by Truman’s arbitration, because Russia was
Although however, this strained their relationship between the USSR from having conflicting national interests, this economic concept could be said to have been a huge tension between the USSR and America, as it excluded Russia, alienating them by spreading their capitalist ideologies and all the while ignoring their need for help in rebuilding themselves. Truman based his entire strategy of containment on George Kennan’s analysis of communism. Kennan implied the entire problem is the ideology, and the leaders who believe in it. The American hostility to communism therefore played a huge role in the shaping of the Cold War and showing the divide between the superpowers and highlighting the personalities and conflicting interests between
That one, simple word caused perhaps one of the biggest controversies and rivalries in history. Communism could easily take the blame for the cause of the cold war. The Soviet Union and the United States joined forces during WWII out of necessity, not out of the goodness of their hearts. The United States had to practically beg the Soviets to begin fighting Japan. Even as allies, the countries did not trust each other entirely.
This was mainly all because of the Cold War ideology; neither side wanted to back down. The North Koreans, under the power of Kim Il Sung wanted to reunify Korea and make it all Communist. The South however, under the anti-Communist ruling of Syngman Rhee (who detested Kim Il Sung) was obviously against this. An example of this ‘see-saw’ fighting was near the beginning of the war – troops in the South were unprepared and were pushed back into a small corner of South Korea when North Korea attacked. This situation was very quickly reversed when the United Nations landed in North Korea and cut off their supply lines, which caused the North Korean armies to flee back north.
Igor Gouzenko • Trained in Soviet Intelligence work, he was assigned to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa 1943. He learned that the Soviet Intelligence operated spy networks in Canada to steal secrets about the atomic bomb. • His family was demanded to return back to Russia but Igor did not want to go back, so he offered to tell the Canadian government about the Soviet spies in return for permanent protection and a home in Canada. Igor helped the Canadian government capture many soviet spies as he revealed the soviet’s secrets. • He and his family went into hiding under different identities.
Another famous case of obeying unlawful orders would be the case of “First Lieutenant William Calley for his part in the My Lai Massacre on March 16, 1968. The military court rejected Calley's argument of obeying the order of his superiors. On March 29, 1971, Calley was sentenced to life in prison. However, the public outcry in the United States following this very publicized and controversial trial was such that President Nixon granted him clemency. Calley wound up spending three and a half years under house arrest at Fort Benning Georgia, where a federal judge ultimately ordered his release.” (Powers, 2013).
This occurred some years after 1950. In the 1960s and 70s, the American public became very angry and frustrated with the military-industrial complex. The protest against the Vietnam War had reached its very highest. In President Eisenhower‘s farewell address, he warned, “ In the councils of government, we must guard against acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” The American public should refrain from gaining any negative or unauthorized influences by the military-industrial complex.
It has been argued even further to say it was time well worth spending in Iraq and Vietnam. When analyzing these points one must understand that at that point in time America was deathly scared of communism and instilled an idea in their heads that if not for entering the war at that moment, then communism would make its way around to other countries and finally reach America. However, our government made the fatal mistake of failing to look in the long run and see that America was already a strong nation and by entering a war that would not certainly end communism the government weakened every aspect of the economy. In accordance, Iraq was completely uninvolved in the terrorist attack on 9/11, the accusation of concealing “weapons of mass destruction” was completely false, and having now realized that the only weapons they did have were from a purchase from the United States to them several years
The U.S.A. views this war as a war against communistic aggression, but in reality they viewed it as a civil war struggle. News coverage was biased against the American aggression, which did more to defeat their army than the enemy soldiers. Both sides were glad to have this conflict over and done with, but for different reasons. Vietnam was not a glorious conquest, that the American public was use to obtaining and demanded. It was an early wake-up call for Americans to resolve issues on their home front prior to taking on another country's problems,
Dropping the bomb on an already defeated country would damage the moral leadership of United States. We should show our values and humane cares. Killing civilians is inhumane and unnecessary since we’re so close to winning. We can even continue fighting with soldiers and still win. Also, by not using the bomb, the U.S won’t be held responsible for all the innocent lives lost from the bombings and won’t feel shameful for the lives lost.