After World War II, the evolution of U.S. global strategy

After World War II, with the defeat of the Axis Powers and the decline of the strength of Britain and France, the United States and the Soviet Union became superpowers, and the world was divided into two camps, the East and the West. The United States and the Soviet Union and their respective camps were in full-scale confrontation in military, political, economic, and propaganda aspects, just like during the war. History called it the "Cold War."

In 1950, the Korean War broke out. The US military participated in the war and fought with the newly established Volunteer Army of the People's Republic of China. The two sides of the war ended with the signing of an armistice agreement with the 38th Parallel as the boundary. After the war, the Cold War gradually escalated.

In 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the panic caused by the Cold War to its peak. In 1969, Apollo 11 sent humans to the moon for the first time, and the United States gradually surpassed the Soviet Union in the space race.

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In the mid-1960s, the Vietnam War broke out, and many Americans began to be dissatisfied with the government's foreign policy. Anti-war demonstrations were accompanied by various civil rights movements.

In addition, due to the development of industry and the concentration of population, the pollution of the ecological environment attracted widespread attention in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, the economic depression caused by the energy crisis was the most severe in history. In the mid-1970s, the U.S. economy recovered for a time, but inflation reappeared in the late 1970s.

In 1976, the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States, various celebration activities were held across the country. Due to its comprehensive advantages in global politics, military, economy, and highly developed science and technology, the United States finally brought down the Soviet Union in the Cold War. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the United States won the final victory of the Cold War. The bipolar pattern was gradually replaced by one superpower and multiple powers. The new international situation replaced the United States and became a superpower.

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