Monday, May 17, 2010

Super Powers(The US)


The United States goal was containment or basically for them to stop the spread of communism during the cold war. The US also wanted to kind of spread their own influence of democracy and the didnt agree with communism. The United States basic symbols as usual in case anybody doesnt know are the flag with the stars and strips(picture to the left).

Friday, May 7, 2010

modern-day analysis

we see the cold war today not as much as back then but still a bit. We see it by how the United States and Russia are still separated by the tensions that still happened back then during the cold war. Plus with the fact of all the nuclear weapons that we had each made during the war. Today though just as usual technology increases and thus making more better advancement in machinery, industry and more dangerous weapons.


The fact that the US and Russia had made so many nuclear weapons basically scared people across the world and especially in the US in the cold war. even today people were scared of what might happen to us and some even fear the end of the world or nuclear war. the US and Russia hold most of the nuclear bombs in the entire world which probably would make everyone more tensed up. It probley makes all other countries feel inferior to the US and Russia.
Now today though I believe that the tension has lightend. Now that the US and Russia have signed a treaty to cut down there nuclear bombs that are created and even get rid of some of the weapons. So now everthing about the nuclear weapons is lowering but still the tensions of the cold war build up, because of the fact of the pasts effect on the future.