Cold War again.....

The past few days in class we have been discussing the events that started the Cold War. Fear and mistrust seem to be a major part of the tension between the United States and Soviet Union. As Nicole stated “Communism was not trusted by the West, and democracy not trusted in the East”, but as I stated in my previous post these tensions were caused by economic factors. I don’t think that either the US or USSR were overly worried about the whole idea of different ideologies spreading but the fact that the spreading of the others ideas meant less power, and less power meant less money. Being on top was the major driving force behind many actions taken by each nation and the production of nuclear weapons contributed to this idea: the dropping of the atomic bomb did end WWII but it was also a display of power by the United States. This display of power sparked the nuclear arms race which made tensions rise even higher.