Question

How did the United States deal with the dilemma illustrated in this cartoon?

Answer 1

So the the cartoon illustrates the split between communism and democracy. The Soviet Union is communist, and wants to take over Western Europe with the end goal of worldwide communism under one ruler. The United States -who’s goal after World War II was democracy for all- deals with this dilemma by using the concept of Containment in order to stop communism from spreading to Western Europe and anywhere else in the world and battling against any instances where communism threatens another country.