Compare And Contrast Russia And America

Due to the powers looming over the Third World countries, they had to make a choice to choose the government the country desired the most or become a non-aligned country.The two powers influencing these third world countries were America and Russia.Both nations had superior military power over any third-world countries at the time, along with ways of using espionage and other tactics to destroy the nation.America wanted countries to become capital, while Russia wanted neighboring countries to become communist.The two countries would sabotage the other’s progress as shown in an event in Guatemala, where the official of the country was accused of considering communism as a possible outcome.America reacted to Guatemala negatively by funding the

embassy in Moscow in 1987.They succeeded in destroying the pro-western government by supporting the leader of a rebel group, Colonel Mengistu Haile Marlam, with the proper equipment for his militia.That was not the only group they supplied with weapons, the Soviets supplied the Vietnamese during the Vietnam war.During the time period Russia was very defense with multiple bold moves against other countries.A Korean airliner traveled into Soviet territory and was shot down along with an American reconnaissance plane in later years.Russia supplied Cuba with weapons which could send a wave of devastation along the coast of America.After the War Russia was feared by many third-world countries.Although the biggest effect they caused during the war was to America.The Soviets made the relationship between America and Russia almost