This situation further worsened the relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during this period. Throughout this war, many different policies and strategies have emerged. One of these policies include the policy of containment, which was a strategy used to prevent the spread of communism (Boundless). This was also done by the U.S. creating the NATO group to defend against communism (Boundless). Deterrence is also a strategy in which the government maintains a very high level of military in order to deter an attack on the country (McClenaghan and Magruder). The Cold War was very effective throughout history; both positively and negatively. It positively affected the U.S. and Europe, such as the space race, and Europe changing from a nationalist country to a mutual co-operating country. However, negatively it divided many nations and their people, and there was always a fear of a nuclear
This situation further worsened the relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during this period. Throughout this war, many different policies and strategies have emerged. One of these policies include the policy of containment, which was a strategy used to prevent the spread of communism (Boundless). This was also done by the U.S. creating the NATO group to defend against communism (Boundless). Deterrence is also a strategy in which the government maintains a very high level of military in order to deter an attack on the country (McClenaghan and Magruder). The Cold War was very effective throughout history; both positively and negatively. It positively affected the U.S. and Europe, such as the space race, and Europe changing from a nationalist country to a mutual co-operating country. However, negatively it divided many nations and their people, and there was always a fear of a nuclear