Before we can truly go into depth about postwar U.S and Anticommunism influence on foreign policies, a brief summary of the events just before the Cold war. Shortly after the second world war, global relationship among the world’s most powerful countries turned rather sour after the allies victory over axis power. What kept every country involved with World War II cooperating, particularly the United States and the Soviet Union was a common goal to relinquish Germany’s military control over Europe. However, what began as a mutual agreement, quickly dissolve into bitter, cold resentment. The Cold War is a term used to describe the friction between two world superpowers during 1945 to 1989, the Soviet Union and the United States. Differences in both countries ideology is the root of conflict. The Soviet Union main points for communism is their social-political structure in which the government bases their function off of, a strong sense of people empowerment and government support. While in the United States, focused on Capitalism, meaning the economic growth through privately own business and mass production of consumer good. Due to the nature of each, one thought the other is less than superior to creating a functioning society. This conflict is referred to as “cold” because there was never any actual direct conflict between the superpowers, however, conflicts in on other countries all around the world were supported by either side; The United States and The Soviet Union. The conflicts were generally short, but had high hostility towards each other. This is where “Anti-Communism” comes into the conversation. Harry Truman was Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s running mate during the 1944 elections, but soon after World War II, Truman took over as President due to FDR failing health.
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A key event which anticommunism shaped foreign policy was the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine is the support and reassurance that the United States will stand by “free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures.” This became the pivotal argument to justifying the U.S intervention into countries during the Cold War. This was a measure to combat Soviet expansion into other countries. Also because of this Doctrine, a massive defense buildup was included. This was used as an extension of the United States power to make sure that communism would not spread, the belief during this time was communism was like an epidemic, and needed to be contain to insure that the American way of life is retained. Another influence during this time was George Kennan, who was a career diplomat and expert of Russia, wrote the rationale for the policy of contamination. In this rationale, it lays out the argument to containing Russian, which will ultimately lead to the fall of the Soviet Union. Containment was a foreign policy that strategizes the Truman Doctrine to resist the Soviet’s plan for expansion and controlling the population with communism. The Soviet expansion of communism was a threat to the U.S, creating a sense of paranoia and xenophobia. After Truman’s presidential term ending, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected at the United States President, he served from 1953 to 1961. What Eisenhower did essentially continued the anti-communism trend. He came up with the interstate highway system, to an average American during this time, it was a new traveling experience that had never been this accessible. Many citizen are now able to travel across the U.S on their own time, and …show more content…
He address a lot the U.S current issues, and states ways to solve it. It was politically rightward, advocating for deregulations of industries, tax cuts (high defense spending was prominent) and correcting the federal budget deficit. What was unique during this time, was how the citizens reacted to change. It was clear that the conflict of the communism was taking a toll on the U.S economy, and change had not occurred fast enough. The people 's view changes, that is why Ronald Reagan won, he was aware that the U.S should focus on themselves, and not pursue a quest that may never be completed. At the End of his terms, he was viewed positively, achieving innovative programs, also known as the “Reagan Revolution.” This aimed to reinvigorate the american people, and reduce the reliance upon the
A key event which anticommunism shaped foreign policy was the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine is the support and reassurance that the United States will stand by “free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures.” This became the pivotal argument to justifying the U.S intervention into countries during the Cold War. This was a measure to combat Soviet expansion into other countries. Also because of this Doctrine, a massive defense buildup was included. This was used as an extension of the United States power to make sure that communism would not spread, the belief during this time was communism was like an epidemic, and needed to be contain to insure that the American way of life is retained. Another influence during this time was George Kennan, who was a career diplomat and expert of Russia, wrote the rationale for the policy of contamination. In this rationale, it lays out the argument to containing Russian, which will ultimately lead to the fall of the Soviet Union. Containment was a foreign policy that strategizes the Truman Doctrine to resist the Soviet’s plan for expansion and controlling the population with communism. The Soviet expansion of communism was a threat to the U.S, creating a sense of paranoia and xenophobia. After Truman’s presidential term ending, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected at the United States President, he served from 1953 to 1961. What Eisenhower did essentially continued the anti-communism trend. He came up with the interstate highway system, to an average American during this time, it was a new traveling experience that had never been this accessible. Many citizen are now able to travel across the U.S on their own time, and …show more content…
He address a lot the U.S current issues, and states ways to solve it. It was politically rightward, advocating for deregulations of industries, tax cuts (high defense spending was prominent) and correcting the federal budget deficit. What was unique during this time, was how the citizens reacted to change. It was clear that the conflict of the communism was taking a toll on the U.S economy, and change had not occurred fast enough. The people 's view changes, that is why Ronald Reagan won, he was aware that the U.S should focus on themselves, and not pursue a quest that may never be completed. At the End of his terms, he was viewed positively, achieving innovative programs, also known as the “Reagan Revolution.” This aimed to reinvigorate the american people, and reduce the reliance upon the