The personalities of the contianment theory and the coldwar.

To discuss the origins of the cold war we must take an unbiased stance between the United States and Russia. Russia's political principles were critically opposed to democracy and industrial capitalism and the United States had trouble accepting the simple fact that they could exist. The ideals between these two countries were so different that socialism or communism was simply impossibility for the United States. When the big three, Churchill, Stalin, and Truman met in …

…advantage will only be held for a limited time, the standard republican view of action will have more impact in resolve. Containment is still used today with North Korea. We have built up forces in the pacific and in the capital city of South Korea along the DMZ or 38th parallel. Our only action against North Korea will be in reaction to aggression towards South Korea or if they don't compromise their nuclear weapons program.