Cold War Impacts on United States Of America

Cold War Impacts on United States Of America
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Cold War Impacts on the United States Of America
Even today, in some aspects, the Cold War still influence American society. This influence has its roots from the different values between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The former represents democracy and capitalism, while the latter represents communism and authoritarianism. These countries were the two remaining dominant power after World War =2\*Roman II, and their conflict and contesting attitudes became a worldwide conflict, and hence, the beginning of the Cold War. The Cold War was different from the conventional war; the Cold war was marred with propaganda and conspiracies instead of the usual military engagements that were observed during World War =2\*Roman II (Shaw, 2010). However, there are some instances that the U.S. resort to military engagements in a bid to stop the spread of communism; these wars include the Korean and Vietnamese wars. Nevertheless, none of these wars had long-lasting effects on the U.S domestic and foreign policy than the Cold War. The Cold War affected the culture, politics, and economic outlook of the U.S.
The cultural contest between the two superpowers was so pronounced and had the most impact on the daily lives of the American citizens than any of the other two aspects. During the Cold War, the American government encouraged the most popular company in the media and entertainment industry, Hollywood, to produce many anti-communist movies to the point of funding the production of these movies and even changing the script of these movies (Shaw, 2010). These movies had the effect of bringing a sense of patriotism as well as bring a sense of paranoia concerning the communist activity in the U.S. For instance, when these anti-communist movies persisted, hate rhetoric against Russians grew to the point that suspected communist in Hollywood were rooted out and many lives of people who had association with the Soviet Union were ruined (Shaw, 2010). This anti-communist rhetoric rippled and trickled down American society. For example, the American League of Southern California collected about 2 million names of suspected communist members, some of whom were blacklisted and fired (Kawashima, 2016). These unsubstantiated claims made the lives of these American citizens ruined, and their civil rights infringed.
Not every facet of the cultural contentions culminated by the Cold War was terrible....