The Cold War was not only about power, it was also about ideology. Several incidents in the Cold War highlight this fact and one of these was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which showed both sides were interested in gaining power and destroying the other side's ideologies. The Berlin Wall showed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) erected the Wall as not only a physical barrier but also a mental barrier to prevent foreign ideologies seeping through. Throughout the Cold War, the United States of America (USA) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) were both fighting for power via the control of other countries. A communist government ran the USSR while the USA was a democratic and capitalist society and both were trying to promote their ideologies to other countries using their power and influence.
             The Cuban missile crisis was a situation where the USSR tried to gain power by aggressively threatening the USA in the hope to show the world they were more powerful than the USA. By proving their power they could influence other countries into accepting their ideologies using scare tactics as well as the fact most people generally follow what is stronger and better than other alternatives. 'The continuation of this threat, or a prolonging of this discussion concerning Cuba by linking these problems to the broader questions of European and world security, would surely lead to an intensified situation on the Cuban crisis and a grave risk to the peace of the world.'
             By the USSR placing missiles into Cuba which were in range of USA it showed they could threaten the very heart and homeland of the only other superpower, the USA. This would strike fear into smaller countries, which could not stand up to the USSR and could have forced them to accept their communist regime.
             The Berlin Wall was an instance where the USSR forced its ideologies on half of Germany by erecting a wall and allowing noth
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