Tensions between the super powers caused tensions in other countries who relied on the super powers, for trade, and support, also for countries politically dies to these countries.
America wanted to contain the spread of communism to these areas, because they were protective of the Latin American lands, and that they still needed oil exported to them from the Middle East so it necessary for it to not be under the Soviet influence. The Soviet Union and the U.S. competed to either spread or stop communism. The Cold War affected Asia in that it led to the Korean War, and further conflicts with China and Japan.
Roosevelt and most Americans considered the Pearl Harbor attack to be a dirty trick, because it occurred while the Japanese ambassador was talking with the US about keeping peace in-between the two nations.
Human civilization has seen three major revolutions in its history. We had the Agricultural Revolution of the ancient times, the Industrial Revolution in ... to early 19th century and finally, the Digital/Tech revolution in which we… ... changes of its own, throwing the world into a time dubbed the Information Age.