'''1.''' The Cold War took place in the mid 1900s, 1945-1991 to be exact. There are many who played a hand in the war. In America, Truman was at the start and was followed by Eisenhower and Kennedy. Truman attempted to face the communists by his support of those who resisted communistic moves, while Eisenhower took a different approach. He wanted to use the armed force to keep communists from the countries that surrounded the Soviet Union. Kennedy followed in Eisenhower's footsteps with plans to free Cuba with some thousand "Cuban Exiles." Along with this, he started a "race" with the Soviet Union to reach the moon. There was really no reason for this since the Soviets barely so much as tried, it seems that it was more the issue of pride since the Soviets managed to make it to outer space before America. | '''1.''' The Cold War took place in the mid 1900s, 1945-1991 to be exact. There are many who played a hand in the war. In America, Truman was at the start and was followed by Eisenhower and Kennedy. Truman attempted to face the communists by his support of those who resisted communistic moves, while Eisenhower took a different approach. He wanted to use the armed force to keep communists from the countries that surrounded the Soviet Union. Kennedy followed in Eisenhower's footsteps with plans to free Cuba with some thousand "Cuban Exiles." Along with this, he started a "race" with the Soviet Union to reach the moon. There was really no reason for this since the Soviets barely so much as tried, it seems that it was more the issue of pride since the Soviets managed to make it to outer space before America. |