We must strangle the infant bolshevism in the cradle.

Winston Churchill We declare openly that our ends can only be achieved by the forcible overthrow of all social conditions- Karl Marx Truman developed new forms of weaponry that allowed him to have an advantage or trump card in dealing with Stalin and the Communist threat. There were no events like Pearl Harbor in this struggle, no sudden attacks that would inspire and rally the American people in full support of the war. Rather, popular opinion toward the Cold War was largely unfavorable. Truman and Stalin thus largely played on fear and distrust. A looming confrontation remained at the forefront of the minds of these two leaders. The Cold War lasted decades. In 1949, the Soviet Union stunned the world by testing its own atomic bomb. The constant fear of World War 3 was always in the minds of the governments and the citizens of these two countries and the entire world. Installments of political leaders, dictator Kim Il-Sung in North Korea and a fanatically anticommunist leader Syngman Rhee represented the expansion of influence on both sides of the political divide. In terms of social psychology, there are many aspects of the Cold War period that exemplify the topics discussed in this branch of psychology. Notions of peace and justice were discussed in Trumans political speeches. Americas Cold War years were filled with fear and hysteria. The threat of nuclear war prompted the creation of bomb shelters, emergency precautions, and Another concern in the United States was the infiltration of spies America responded with an allout offensive against Communist infiltration
Your country is sick with fear. Youre afraid of the shadow of your own bomb. JeanPaul Sarte McCarthyism was spread among the American public. You have created an atmosphere so vile that people have lost confidence in their government. Newbold Morris (Special Assistant Attorney General to Joseph McCarthy) It is now clear we are facing an implacable enemy whose avowed objective is world domination. There are no rules in such a game, hitherto acceptable norms of human conduct do not apply.- Lt. Gen James H. Doolittle( Report on CIA Activities)

The Cold War isn't thawing; it is burning with a deadly heat. Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting. Richard M Nixon From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent Winston Churchill Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind-John F. Kennedy Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!-Ronald Regan We must look for ways to improve the international situation and build a new worldwe must do it together-Mikhail Gorbachev