by Morley Evans
How did the Cold War impact American culture?
Morley Evans studied World History
Answered just now
The Cold War was essential to selling the National Security State to the American public. The National Security Act of 1947 (Harry S. Truman) essentially rewrote the United States Constitution. That was deemed necessary to fight the perceived global threat of COMMUNISM. The CIA was created with the Act. The Pentagon had been started in 1941. (That tells us what the USA had in mind BEFORE World War II.) The atom bombs were dropped on Japan in 1945. The USSR was the primary enemy after the Nazis had been defeated in 1945. The Strategic Air Command patrolled the skies: "keeping us free." China was lost to Communism in 1949. The United Nations was founded in San Francisco in 1945. The UN was established in NYC soon after on Rockefeller land. The United States proclaimed itself the “Leader of the Free World.” World peace was the West's official goal. Children were told to "Duck and Cover" in the event of a nuclear attack. Some people built bomb shelters. No civil defence plan was ever introduced. The Korean War started in 1950. Truman (D) was the President.
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