Red, White, and Blue Enters the Cold War

For quite some time up until World War II, the United States of America has been known to shy away from further conflicts outside of its borders. Except, when the United States decided to interrupt wars, most specifically World War I and II, their isolationist theories began to fade away. As the U.S. enters part three, the Cold War, President Harry S. Truman traveled a totally different direction this go-around. Instead of acting more aggressively in World War II, Truman takes a step back in trying to contain the Soviet Union and even ourselves from making permanent damage on the world. For Americans, this war was basically drawn out of a hat so to speak. Military forces in the U.S. came and went off to war, leaving their grieving families behind without any say.

As the war dragged on and on, Communism began to be a totalitarian force in the world, and America itself would start to fall victim. The Truman Administration would soon find out that they need to take further control of the situation. Now is the time because America is starting to turn against each other. A major historical figure in Senator Joseph McCarthy stood as a big threat towards Communism. He created the theory of McCarthyism, which he accused many Americans for Communism. Like in today's society with the War on Terror, many citizens felt the same way about the threat of Communism. Various schools were forced to develop certain drills for an attempted nuclear attack or so forth. To me, this is extremely terrifying considering that today, we almost never practice safety from the mysteries that lurk in the deserts of the Middle East.


During this time period, Americans began industrializing military equipment more than anything, even though America came off one of the most costly wars in history. America held most of the world's wealth during this period and the Truman Administration tried to defend the fact with compromise. Furthermore, America devoted themselves to keep their economic, political, and military values at a constant rate as much as possible to avoid another costly war.