Another area of containment was taking place in the Koreas. North Korea supported communism, however, South Korea supported capitalism. Without warning, North Korea attacked the south but President Harry Truman vowed to defend South Korea. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or in the worst case scenario, nuclear war....

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China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. China has been Communist since 1949, Cuba since 1961, Laos since 1975, North Korea since 1948, and Vietnam since 1976. ... This was one of the causes of the Cold War. ... Eventually the countries went to war. ... Nobody really knows how the war ended or who won. ...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. ... Russia at that point had already expanded its empire into Eastern Europe, Korea and Cuba. ... Being that it was the Vietcong's homeland, they were in the better position to win this war. ... That was a bad time for Richard Nixon, having to control the Vietnam War that Johnson had started. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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The Threat of a Nuclear War Many things relating to nuclear proliferation have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. ... Some would say that the threat of a nuclear war has gone down in today's post Soviet society. ... The threat of a nuclear war is greater now that the cold war is over because, more nations have nuclear warheads, the smuggling of nuclear materials is on the rise, and nuclear treaties are ineffective. ... Russia has sold many of its nuclear weapons to North Korea to help regain economic stability. (5) The worldwide proliferation of nuclear warheads has made ...

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