Culture During The Cold War

The novel, The Culture of the Cold War, is the all about the cold war and how that time period effected America in the 1960s. It talks about how the Cold War era haunted America with constant threats, and the talk of communism all across the nation. The author of the book, Stephen J. Whitfield, described that the Cold War gave the nation an identity crisis and that suspicion started to arise. The novel is very descriptive on that topic and elaborates on certain ideologies during that time.

After World War II there was still a main conflict between the two major world superpowers; the US and allied countries that supported democracy and on the other hand the Soviet Union (USSR) who supported communism and wanted to spread it. The conflict was that the Soviet Union tried spreading communism in other countries, but the United States was not going to allow that. This conflict influenced the Cold War to be fought by the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union) and Western Bloc (the United States and allies). When the Eastern Europe was taken over by the USSR and turned into communism the US helped the Western Europe to not be taken over by communism. As an adviser to the President of the United States the policy that he should follow is to rapidly build up the political,

A dance-rock protest song from West Germany, during the Cold War partition of Germany. The song describes a nuclear war starting because of misinterpreted signals from a bunch of balloons.

Marilyn Monroe is a famous American actress and model. She was known for her appearance in many movies and TV shows. She became one of the most popular sex symbols of the time. Marilyn Monroe died August 5, 1962. She was found dead in her bedroom by her house keeper. Marilyn Monroe’s death is still a mystery to this day. Some people think she was murdered. But, there is more evidence to support that she committed suicide.

Europe after the capitulation of Nazi Germany and the subsequent Allied victory in World War II was in ruins from years of fighting and bombing. Cities and infrastructure lay flattened and shortages of vital consumer products of food and fuel persisted across Europe. The economic situation of Europe was also in tatters; many countries suffered from severe inflation, debt, trade deficits, and depleted gold supplies. The United States having remained virtually untouched by the destruction had emerged from World War II stronger than ever before both an industrial economic, and military powerhouse. The Soviet Union though also suffering from the wounds of the war began to establish pro-Soviet communist governments in the Eastern European countries

After the end of World War II, the culture of the world underwent a drastic change. In the United States, the postwar era brought many social and political crises including the Second Red Scare, the Cold War, a rise in television as a “determinant in the culture industry”, and a means for “a spread in advertisement” (Zipes 4). The 1950s brought an intense fear of communism to the American people due to the conflict with the Soviet Union that led to the Cold War. During the Second Red Scare, the United States government, driven by the fear of communism, repressed those who were suspected to be communists, even if there was little evidence against them. The rise of television and advertising allowed for the spread of these fears, and the fear of communism along with the pressure of the 1950s to conform

the "best people you will meet", Janis, a supposedly lesbian girl; and Damian, a boy "too gay to function". Cady is warned to avoid the "worst people you will ever meet", the Plastics--a clique comprised of three girls: Gretchen Wieners, a girl who's rich because her father invented toaster strudel; Karen Smith, the "dumbest girl you will ever meet"; and Regina George, the unofficial leader and the meanest one. She becomes a hit with the Plastics and eventually assimilates into the clique, only for Janis to ask her sabotage them. After conflicts involving Regina's ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, Cady later becomes tied between being part of them or sabotaging them. Whilst eventually becoming one, she sabotages them. She tricks Regina into eating fattening candy bars that she claims will make her skinny, tries to break her and Samuel up, and tries to turn her fellow Plastics, Karen and Gretchen against her.

The Cold War created a certain desire for security, which led to conformity during the immediate years after WWII. This desire for security was brought about by McCarthyism, a theory based on the claim that Senator McCarthy had a list of hundreds of communist that had perpetrated the United States government. People became terrified that they too may be singled out, or identified as different, therefore their only response was to fit in, to conform. Americans conformed every aspect of their daily lives to fit the standards of those around them.

The years following World War Two were brimming with factors that would alter the American culture entirely. The most contributory factor was the economic boom because it was the reason for the change in the American family, it enabled the U.S. to lead in the cold war, and it determined Americans perception of spending which has withstood through the years and is still a part of our society. In post-war America, the home and family dynamic drastically changed due to the financial growth of the economic boom. New industries, such as commercial aviation and suburban housing, created job opportunities that needed to be filled.

Following World War II, Europe was in ruins. Between bomb damage, economic downturn, and natural disasters such as droughts and blizzards it seemed nearly impossible to restore Europe to its prior greatness. America facilitated the recovery of Europe with military and financial aid and helped prevent the spread of communism. This aid crushed the Soviet dream of a communist Europe and started the Cold War. Over the next 45 years, the United States and the Soviet Union would resemble two angry women, avoiding each other at all costs and exploding into a furious rage at the first sight of the other. Many events contributed to and were derived from the Cold War such as the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, the Civil Rights movement, the Space

Steven Spielberg once said “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we’re too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.” People used to read books before going to bed every night. In the book “Fahrenheit 451”, written by Ray Bradbury, books are not read anymore, they are actually illegal. People have technology that puts books on screens instead being read on paper. Many people tend to think that technology is helping society, but it is actually hurting society. Human beings today are glued to their televisions which proves that our society is nothing but a duplicate of Montag’s society. In the book, “Fahrenheit 451”, written by Ray Bradbury, Montag’s wife, Mildred, says “It’ll be even more fun when we can afford to have our fourth wall installed. How long you figure before we save up and get our fourth wall-TV put in? It’s only two thousand dollars” (20). She is saying that she wants the fourth screen no matter how much it costs or what she has to do to get it. Most of the people in this society think the same way that Mildred does. If we keep thinking like this, the our society will eventually wind up just like the society in Fahrenheit 451.

American fears in the Cold War originated not only from Communism, but what it represented in American culture. After World War II, the popular culture demonizing the fascist regimes, the built-up aggression surrounding the system, began to move against Communism as tension between the USSR and America rose. Communism became viewed as a corruption; an infection that ruined the rugged individualism that Americans defined themselves by. Communism also, though its declaration of the evils of capitalism, decried Americans as living in an unequal society, that the United States lived in hypocrisy through its statements of liberty for all while it existed in a capitalist and segregated society. Americans saw the Soviet Union as the evil its heroic

One example in which America’s culture was forever impacted by the Cold War is their movie industry and education. According to the website manspropaganda.wordpress.com, and the book Hollywood and the End of the Cold War: Signs of Cinematic Change, by Bryn Upton they state that America would use their film industry for propaganda. They would televise “anti-commie” messages in their television programs, movies, etc. One way that they would

What if you were forced to adopt a standing on the government? During the Cold War, which was in 1947 and continued to 1991, America forced its democratic views on a lot of communist countries. America helped decrease communism in many different parts of the world and many different countries. The two places in which America helped exterminate communism in, I will be focusing on are Russia or the USSR as well as Greece and Turkey. During the Cold War America stood for democracy because the whole “war” was about exterminating communism and promoting democracy.

War is a wreck machine utilized by each country from Third World nations to Global Empires all through world's history. The world in the 1940's was not the perfect spot for anybody to live. Hitler's Nazi developments being one of the impetuses for World War II, the subjects of the world were flung into a time of disorder and dissatisfaction in the mid 40's. After Japan's shock assault on the U.S., compelling the Americans into war, it soon turned into an entire different ball game. Secondly, the Cold War turned into a foremost impact on numerous elements of American culture for a significant part of the second half of the 20th century. Being the two primary world forces after WWII, discussion in the midst of the Americans and Soviets turned