So basically if America would have “lost” even though it wasn't a “hot” war, meaning each side didn't fight eachother directly, it would have meant America would have failed in championing the cause of Capitalism; it would have meant basically to the world that Communism was the better of the two socio-economic systems. read more
So basically if America would have “lost” even though it wasn't a “hot” war, meaning each side didn't fight eachother directly, it would have meant America would have failed in championing the cause of Capitalism; it would have meant basically to the world that Communism was the better of the two socio-economic systems. read more
Unlike NATO, the Warsaw Pact kept the militaries of the involved nations under the control of the USSR and prepared them for the expected war, until the last days of the cold war, there were no plans to repel a NATO offensive, nor was one expected. read more