The Cold
War is all about perspective. Not in the sense of who started it or who is at
fault but considering the American containment policy. The American Containment
Policy was enforced in order to stop the spread of communism to the rest of the
world. There were many plans within the containment policy to stop communism,
such as the Truman doctrine and the Marshall Plan. These two plans were
focusing on rebuilding countries which have suffered greatly from WWII. These
countries were easy targets for communism because they were economically
suffering and so accepting communism would be an easy solution to fix their
problem. Remember there is also a flipped side to the Containment Policy. So on
the flipped side America made sure to make it known that if countries made the
decision to become communist then they would be swiftly greeted by American
Force. That being said we can see the desperation of America to end communism.
Once again we see this idea of perspective up front it may seem like America s
fighting communism, but in reality they are fighting to guarantee we remain the
strongest influence in the world. In the Cold War it is important to
understand that many aspects of the war can be looked at from different angles,
the Containment Policy and America’s motive to fight communism are just two
examples.
