D), different visions of postwar began to diverge thus separating them behind a "iron certain". The concerning Americans grew critical of communism ideals which influenced the public mind. With both Greece and Turkey close to falling to communism, president Truman pledged in 45 million dollars to stop communism from advancing. This policy of containment was in as ensue to compromise the raging "red" fear. Stalin, who aimed to guarantee the security of the Soviet Union lead Russia to become the leading communist country. With their growing "sphere of influences", many fear their America would fall on the similar pattern. With this, president Truman was often blasted for being "too soft on communism." To the Americans, communism prevents the Wilsonian ideals of decolonized, demilitarized, democratized, and global peace. Thus the Cold War molded the society and economy to a tense standoff between different …show more content…
His expression of wanting more territories underscore his aggressive character. Ignoring the restrictions set by the United Nations, Stalin showed the true face of the USSR causing other nations to feel threaten. The atomic bomb resided as a terror instrument which inflicted danger among numerous people. As the development of nuclear weapons took form as a nuclear arms race, it entered a competitive cycle. Wanting to uphold the “superiority”of advantage, each side tried to outdo one another in attempt to construct the most destructive weapon. This sense of power statement raised tension on both side as militarist precautions stage the peak of the Cold War. The fear that America 's ideal of independence could easily be diminish by an all out atomic war revealed the unease of the political and social milieu (Doc G). The shackles of communism demonstrated the the Stalin 's scheme of aggressively taking over land. The heightened distrust portrayed the Americans trapped as the tyrannical Stalin overcast the world (Doc H). This tension-filled era illustrated the bitterness of threat and suspicion causing the US and USSR to act against each other in a series of "Cold