Using at least 3 sources (an encyclopedia, the Internet, or other resources), research the governments of Central America during
the Cold War era. Answer the following questions in a detailed report of at least 600 words. Make sure you use proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling. At the end of the report, include a bibliography listing all your sources. When deciding to support a government, what factors need to be considered?
Is a government's anti-Communist position the most important factor to consider when deciding to support that government? Why or why not?
Why was it sometimes morally difficult for the United States to support anti-Communist governments in Central America?
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- Why was it sometimes morally difficult for the United States to support anti-Communist governments in Central America?
The strategic stalemate that prevented a direct military conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union displaced violent superpower competition to areas of the Third World where the two blocs could invest in local and regional wars without risking direct confrontation. The Soviet Union tended to approach such conflicts cautiously even when they involved other Communist states. The United States, by contrast, adapted its security policies to a containment doctrine that defined the political complexion of every non-Communist government in the world as a matter of potential strategic interest. Local opposition to foreign rule in the US and European colonial empires, and social movements aiming to displace traditional elites elsewhere, confronted a strong US preference for reliably anti-Communist (and thus conservative to right-wing) regimes. Even moderate to conservative regimes that sought to advance national interests by constraining US influence came under assault from Washington. Governments that collaborated closely with the United States often had to ignore or suppress local interests opposed to US policies. In its prosecution of the Cold War in the Third World, the United States enjoyed formidable advantages over its Soviet rival. Economic strength gave US leaders a decided financial and material advantage over the Soviets. Military bases projected US power into regions bordering on Communist states throughout the world. US ideological and cultural assets also helped. Alliances with local elites eager to reduce domestic challenges proved especially helpful. The United States deployed all of these resources in response to perceived affronts to its regime and policy preferences wherever they occurred.
War involves collective fighting and it aims at territorial expansion, economic dominace or control over a resource. Ther can also be wars of survival.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. In 1950 the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the first non-white person, the African-American and United Nations (UN) official Ralph Bunche. He received the Peace Prize for his efforts as mediator between Arabs and Jews in the Israeli-Arab war in 1948-1949.