Communism Portrayed In The Red Iceberg

The US Cold War policy did in fact embody the ideals of democracy and free markets, but the policy did not embody freedom. The US was trying to keep communism from growing rapidly. They paid many countries large sums of money to fight against communism and to stay within the free market economy and promote democracy. The US knew that they needed to maintain a free market economy and keep democracy throughout as many nations as possible to suppress the power of the soviets at the time. They did not want the soviets to have power as they felt that Russia was a threat politically and militarily. Communism was contradictory to many American ideals which is why the US wanted to prevent it from spreading. The United States were afraid that if communism were to spread, their power would be limited and Russia would become the world's next superpower. The US Cold War policy was put in place to further

This cover was created to appeal to a younger audience in the US. The artist uses bolded text to draw the attention of the audience. RED is written at an angle to add more emphasis on the word and to make sure that the audience knows that the countries are communist. The color red is also associated with violence and bloodshed. All of the countries that follow the ideals of the USSR are represented by tombstones that are on the Red Iceberg. They are seen as tombstones to show the audience that the USSR has taken them over and they are now “dead”. All of their previous practices have been deprived from them and they are now in a new communist society. Besides symbolism, rhetoric devices are used in this image. Since the target audience is American teens the author tries to demonise Russia and also show how Uncle Sam is on a free sailing boat. This image is trying to convey a message about freedom and how people can stay away from a controlled communist society and turn to a free democratic one