UNIV 3539 Blog

The western allies should have freed eastern Europe communism in 1945. The Cold War was not a better choice; it was not cost effective or less deadly. Despite its rapid and relatively bloodless end, the Cold War was fought at a tremendous cost globally over the course of more than four decades. It cost the U.S. up to $8 trillion in military expenditures, and the lives of nearly 100,000 Americans in Korea and Vietnam.