Harry S. Truman, the
33rd president of the United States, spoke about two different ways
of life in one of his doctrines. These two ways of life pertain to
the two most popular government systems-communism and democracy.
Democracy was characterized by a representative government, free
institutions, and according to the people's will. Meanwhile,
Communism was a government system in which the will of the minority
takes over that of the majority. During the Cold War, these were the
clashing beliefs that existed in the Soviet Union and in the United
Stated States.
