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The Cold War shaped American foreign policy and political ideology, impacted the domestic economy and the presidency, and affected the personal lives of Americans creating a climate of expected conformity and normalcy. ... The Cold War was to last almost to the fall of the Iron Curtain and the death of the Soviet Union.
Explanation:
The war's effects were varied and far-reaching. The war decisively ended the depression itself. The federal government emerged from the war as a potent economic actor, able to regulate economic activity and to partially control the economy through spending and consumption.
Search-and-destroy missions in Vietnam were largely unsuccessful. This is because new and larger reinforcements of Viet-Kongs moved in as soon as American forces departed. As such, these missions did not stem the flow of refugees.
