The Cold War And The Soviet War - 1134 Words

The Cold War is the name granted to the tensions that developed between the USA and the USSR after World War II. The Cold War was an era of confrontation and competition between these two world powers that lasted from about 1946 to 1990. The Cold War was to dominate affairs for decades and many major crises occurred such as the Berlin Wall, Hungary, Vietnam, and the Cuban Missile Crisis are just a few examples of the problems that sparked as a result of the Cold War. For most, the growth in weapons of mass destruction was the most worrying issue. Both of these world powers held on to two very different political ideologies that would be a main cause of their disputes. For the USSR it was communism, and for the USA it was capitalism which†¦show more content†¦Mr. Schmitz truly has a first person point of view of how the war really went. For the duration of the interview I found that the three most intriguing and valuable points that affected Mr. Schmitz during the Cold War wa s fighting in the Vietnam War, being located in the exact direction where the missiles of the Cuban Missile Crises were pointed at, and when JFK was assassinated. Mr. Schmitz was very involved in the Vietnam War, being a Lieutenant and Captain in air patrol. He did not think of the war as being indirect but, â€Å"[Mr. Schmitz] thought of it as fighting to destroy, and some people said ‘communism; better red than dead’†. Being a military Captain, he was respected by the people whom which he was fighting to help, those being the people of South Vietnam. Mr. Schmitz studied at the University of Tampa, he said that the Cuban Missile Crisis was, â€Å"scary because [he] was living in Florida at the time, and that is where the missiles were pointed†. Although, he does recall an edge being taken off the public because of the fact that people were soon realizing that the USSR were only using this as a scare tactic and would never act upon their threats. Furthermo re, Mr. Schmitz also remembers the time of JFK’s assassination. He was studying when he learned John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, he remembers â€Å"being in shock when [he] saw on the bulletin, and that