COLD WAR AND AMERICAN DIPLOMACY

Cold War and American Diplomacy

Introduction to Cold War

Originally the start of the cold war was due to different ideologies of USA and the Soviet Union. This is because USA was a country with capitalist democracy and had great values for freedom and peace. However, Soviet Union was a communist country whose priority was the needs of the country rather than the human rights.

Britain, USA and Soviet Union were allies after the world war and were following agreements for the betterment of the peace and freedom. However, the three were having a hard time in getting agreed on various occasions in a conference which covered the aspects of post war peace. This difficulty further led to disagreement between USA and the Soviet Union which lead to the broke down of the conference. The difference in the ideologies, goals and aims cause a series of occurrence of events which broke the alliance of the countries and the allies turned into enemies. Both sides due to certain differences never trusted each other and everything that was done lead to misconceptions and oppositions.

USA feared that the Soviet Union would attack the country based on ideologies and beliefs. On the other hand Soviet Union feared that USA would use their atomic bombs on them. Both countries disliked the ideologies of each other and there were many occasions where both opposed on the collaboration of certain aspects. Also that Russia wanted to expand into the eastern Europe and wanted a more secure western border for the country, Secondly Russia broke the promise made about elections and wanted communism to be promoted throughout the world. All these situations and oppositions lead to distrust and disrespect for each other.

The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy

Introduction

The John F. Kennedy presidency experienced different scenarios in Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia, and also, different areas that needed shrewd diplomatic initiatives and efforts in the middle of expanding Cold War pressure. Kennedy had been active concerning the issues of war and peace since when he was childlike. As a matter of fact, Kennedy's preparation of adaptable reaction maintained by Robert McNamara was proposed to minimize the event of war brought on by misinterpreted strategic and military drives. The U.S.'s prolific taking care of the Cuban Missile Crisis encapsulates the remote arrangement approach that John F. Kennedy's management took (Roskin & Berry, 1999).

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was a clash with the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the U.S on the other. The Cuban Missile Crisis is viewed as the closest the Cold War came to transforming into an atomic war. It is likewise one of the recorded minutes of the danger of shared guaranteed devastation (MAD). Following getting confirmation of Soviet rocket bases constructing in Cuba, the U.S pondered the thought of ambushing Cuba by way of air and ocean, however later landed at a military isolate of Cuba. U.S troops were at their most astounding state of preparation ...