The Effects of the Cold War

In 1945, after World War II, there was an end to the alliance between the United States, Britain, and the USSR. If all of this hadn’t been a problem, a rivalry between communist and capitalist societies had led to what is known today as The Cold War. It has been known to this day that The Cold War not only had many causes but also had many effects. From the Arms Race to The Cuban Missile Crisis, it all had a great impact on society, economy, and politics. The Cold War was called “The Cold War”, because it didn’t actually lead up to a hot conflict, it just kind of led away from using weapons. At the end of World War II, Germany was divided into four sections of occupations that were controlled by Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. A lack of agreement on Germany to be unified marked the beginning of the Cold War. The Cold War was the most important political issue of the postwar period.

After the Cold War, The United States had new technologies that people these days would not be able to live without. I’d have to say the biggest advancement was the Internet. It began as military use only, but later a bill was passed saying that civilians were allowed to have access to the Internet. Most of the advancements made during the Cold War were invented for military use, but were eventually allowed to be used by everyone else. The Cold War brought about several changes in the society and social attitudes of this nation. The most obvious change is that the country is now 4 trillion dollars in debt. We may not know who we're in debt to, but we know we are in debt. We do know how we got this debt and the reason is the Cold War.

The Cold War changed how people thought. For the first time