The United States suffered few casualties and was the richest nation in the world.
The Soviet Union suffered enormous loss of life and damage to its cities.
How did the goals of U.S foreign policy in Europe compare to the goals of soviet foreign policy after World War 2?
Soviet foreign policy was essentially the cause of the Cold War. Their ambition to forcefully take countries and demolish the free market motivated the conflict.
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It was called "massive retaliation."
It was called "massive retaliation."
United States foreign policy after World War II focused primarily on preventing the spread of Stalinism and Soviet communism throughout Europe and the rest of the world. Truman's anticommunist attitudes led to increasing actions aimed at alienating Stalin and the Soviet Union after V-J Day. This was illustrated by a number of economic and military conflicts between East and West Germany directly after the war (look up the Berlin Airlift), and later in conflicts such as the Korean War. Central to early Cold War policy was the concept of "containment," a number of foreign-policy strategic initiatives that sought to contain communism within the parts of the world in which it was already present.
The Soviet Union wanted control of Eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in Eastern Europe.
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the Soviet Union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the soviet union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the Soviet Union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern Europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern Europe
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the Soviet Union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the Soviet Union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
The U.S. wanted the eastern european to be strong and independant but the Soviet Union didnt but finally the soviet aggred with the U.S.
Gorbachev promoted cooperation with western countries in order to change soviet foreign policy.
Not a thing. Soviet foreign policy never had any of Gerber chiefs.