The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. The belief that freedom and democracy would die under communist rule caused the United States to start and continue waging a conflict that would last for decades. Post World War II conferences such as Yalta destroyed the relationship between the communists and the capitalists. After World War II, American political policy towards the Soviet Union changed …showed first 75 words of 1203 total…

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