5-2 Discussion: Impacts of the Cold War At Home and Abroad

Impact of Cold War At Home and Abroad
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Impact of Cold War At Home and Abroad
When the World War II came to a close, a supremacy battle began between the United States and its allies against the Soviet Union and its satellites state which came to be known as the cold war (Hinnebusch, 2016). The two nations did not engage in a physical fight, rather antagonized against one another through a series of events. One of the major issues was the military coalitions. There were two major military coalitions, the Warsaw Pact and the NATO. The Warsaw Pact was a coalition of the communist's nation such as the Soviet Union while the NATO was a military coalition for the capitalist's nations such as the United States (Betts, 2015). Another issue during the Cold War was the proxy wars. Proxy war means that a nation participates in the war but does not adversary directly (Hinnebusch, 2016). An example of the proxy war during the Cold War was the Korean War in which the communists supported the North to invade the South which was supported by the Capitalists.
Military coalitions and proxy wars still resonate today with the crisis in the Middle East. An example of the military coalition is the "Nato-like" coalition of 34 Muslim countries that aims at uniting the forces...