U.S.-Soviet Relations
The beginning of the Cold War between U.S. and Russia caused a major polarization across the World. Countries like Korea, Vietnam and Germany were split in half-one half would be democratic and the other communist. The fight for the sphere of influence became mmore of a territorial fight, often times a small war. The Korean War (1950-1953) was one of the confrontations which infuenced the relation between the 2 superpowers. All the fights had their echos at home. The Red Scare became bigger than ever during this period and people like Joseph McCarthy spoke out loud the fears of all Americans and transformed the political scene in U.S. . But McCarthyism did not influence the relations between the two countries as much as it influenced the view and attitude toward communism of the Americans.Afer Japan was defeated in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. North of the political border would be Soviet territory (People's Democratic Republic) and South would be U.S. territory(Republic of Korea). In 1950 Nort
McCarthy was strongly supported by the Republican establishement and on Democrats fear of opposing him. Truman declared that not intervening in Korea would be a big mistake because it could spread through Europe and Asia. The Korean War and McCarthyism were two important factors in the development of U. A committee investigated his accusations and called them fraud, but he did not give up, being encouraged by fellow Republicans as r. The Korean War also increased the hatred for communism in U. An armistice was set in 1953 to cease fire. He created a general scare of communism.
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