Long Term Effects Of The Cold War

The aftermath of World War II was devastating, and the dramatic situations of the Cold War that followed had many effects on the world as well. Many historians and skeptics often wonder if those events led to largely positive or negative results for the world. At the end of World War II, the two strongest nations were left standing, the United States and the Soviet Union. Between them, they held opposing ideas about the economy, politics, and society as a whole. The battle of these perspectives is what we know as the Cold War. Due to the major disagreement between communism and capitalism, the Cold War held a duration of roughly forty-five years. Although the U.S. and the Soviet Union did not go into war directly with each other, both superpowers antagonized the other through propaganda,

troops and allies being invaded by North Korea and their Soviet Union ally. This was the beginning of the Korean War. In this war, there were many casualties with over around a tenth of the Korean population being assimilated. The U.S. and its allies would lose over tens of thousands of soldiers or they were seriously injured. Fortunately, six months into the war, the United Nations had the upper hand in the war and began pushing further and further back. The UN reclaimed Seoul and shortly after, Truman’s Administration abandoned all hope of reunification between North and South Korea. Instead they decided they would strictly focus on smaller goals a little at a time, so that they could ensure to be prepared for another World War. In 1952, shortly before President Dwight D. Eisenhower took his place in the Oval Office, he visited troops in Korea to understand what military crises were occurring. President Eisenhower was set on ending the violence happening in Korea. Nearly half a year after his inauguration, a truce was signed ending military operations and leaving Korea divided as it had been since post World War