Question

The Cold War started at the end of WWII and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall in 1991. The Cold War helped shape American policies and culture over those decades. Choose two of the following areas and describe the effects the Cold War had on them over the entirety of the four decades:

U.S. Domestic Policy
U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Economy
U.S. Defense or Military Actions U.S. Pop Culture/Lifestyle changes for everyday Americans

Answer 1

USA foreign policy was severely reshaped repudiating the monroe doctrine of non interference to a more proactive international presence that led to supporting of unpopular dictatorial regime.
Economically, the economy was remodelled to be consumption driven.