Im confussed what were we fighting for in thee cold war please answer fast.?

Question

like every website has ton of unreadable info soooo what was the point of the cold war like what were fighting for. i need help so please answer really fast.

Answer 1

Keeping western Europe from becoming Soviet lackeys like the rest of the Eastern block.



Keeping the Chinese [we believed] from continuing expansion and aggression after the Tibet invasion.

Answer 2

"Fighting" is a strange word to use in the context of the Cold War--it was cold because there wasn't any direct fighting.



On the one hand there was the U.S.A. and its allies--North America, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, & Japan. These countries basically had a capitalist economic system and representative democracies.



On the other hand was the U.S.S.R. and its allies--Eastern Europe, Cuba, and to a certain extent China and East & Southeast Asia. All these countries had governments based upon the communist philosophy of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin. They had a socialistic economic system based upon the rule of the proletariat, which they saw as synonymous with the Communist Party.

Answer 3

The mission of the U.S. Navy's fast attack submarines during the Cold War was a closely guarded secret for many years, but this look back at the period and the part played by those submarines in winning the war gives readers a close-up view of life in one of those subs, USS Sturgeon (SSN637). McHale's memoir covers the years from 1967 to 1970, when as a teenager he was assigned to the nuclear submarine. Readers come to understand how those years profoundly affected the way he lived the rest of his life. The book focuses on McHale's experiences and those of other men with whom he served who have remained his lifelong friends....

Answer 4

It was the Democracies vs the Communists. The war was fought on the economic battlefield, using military scare tactics. The space race was one of the battles, the Berlin Wall was another.



I hope this is short enough for you.

Answer 5

2 plus Skype.

Answer 6

usa and soviet won world war 2

both were huge and strong

usa believe in democracy while soviet had communism

two diff ideology

Answer 7

it was an arms race...a fight for power.