U.S.S.R Cuba China North Korea Poland Czechoskovakia Albania Bulgaria Romania East Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia -(note Yug was communist country but not a WARSAW pact member and closer to the west and the USA)
U.S.S.R Cuba China North Korea Poland Czechoskovakia Albania Bulgaria Romania East Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia -(note Yug was communist country but not a WARSAW pact member and closer to the west and the USA)
Mao Zedong
The US did NOT allow the communists (USSR) to expand during the cold war.
That's like asking why the Communists took over so many countries during the cold war. It's because they had the troops to do so.
The USA and USSR competed during the cold war
Many countries were led by dictators in the Cold War .
Portugal
Joseph McCarthy was a US Senator from Wisconsin during the Cold War. Senator McCarthy led a witch hunt against supposed communists in the US government.
The Korean War was the first "hot" battle of the COLD WAR. Communists verses the Free World Forces.
Senator McCarthy; This is a helpful website: http://www.google.com
The United States and the Soviet Union were the two countries on opposite sides during the Cold War. The Cold War ended in 1991.
See list on website: Korean War
COLD WAR=No Shooting/communists and Free World facing each other Vietnam War=Shooting/communists and Free World shooting at each other