Communism, a political and economic ideology which beliefs consist around replacing privately owned property with public ownership and changing the economy from profit-based to a communal control system of the main means of production and natural resources of the nation . Between the years of 1947 and 1991, The Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc were battling a geopolitical war which was known as The Cold War . Many factors resulted in the cause of The Cold War however the fear of Communism spreading from the East , ‘The Red Scare’ as it was colloquially referred to , sparked The Cold War to a significant extent, as it caused many proxy wars, the space race, the nuclear arms race, and even battles within the performing arts (ballet) .
A proxy war is a type of war which instead of two nations fighting directly they substitute third parties to fight on their behalf. Prior to the Cold War, proxy wars were a rarity, the Cold War though was renowned …show more content…
Fear of the atomic bomb spread through the world after the end of World War II as the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki became clear to the public of the West who feared the attack with use of such a weapon on home soil by the Communist East . Tension achieved a maximum in 1962 through the Cuban Missile Crisis as the Communist encroachment of nuclear arms came within striking distance of the USA. The fears that erupted from this eventually led to a nuclear standoff and the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine that would ensure the cold relations between the Capitalists and Communists . Overall, it the development of nuclear arms and the fear of destruction led to the standoff between the East and West that would spark and progress the Cold War
A proxy war is a type of war which instead of two nations fighting directly they substitute third parties to fight on their behalf. Prior to the Cold War, proxy wars were a rarity, the Cold War though was renowned …show more content…
Fear of the atomic bomb spread through the world after the end of World War II as the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki became clear to the public of the West who feared the attack with use of such a weapon on home soil by the Communist East . Tension achieved a maximum in 1962 through the Cuban Missile Crisis as the Communist encroachment of nuclear arms came within striking distance of the USA. The fears that erupted from this eventually led to a nuclear standoff and the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine that would ensure the cold relations between the Capitalists and Communists . Overall, it the development of nuclear arms and the fear of destruction led to the standoff between the East and West that would spark and progress the Cold War