NMED 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Communist Party Usa, Joseph N. Welch
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Total war in the nuclear age added a new sense of urgency and re-emphasized the importance of a country"s image on both the world stage and domestically. As such, the psychological effects of a superpower"s actions and activities on the public and very much an international audiences became a central concern in the u. s. and the u. s. s. r. With the fall of fascism as a popular ideology, there was a competition between democracy/capitalism and. Psychological warfare, as a result, was the attempt to use u. s. culture and values as public relations. Eisenhower discussed the goals of such pursuits, stating that. Our aim in the cold war is not conquering territory or subjugation by force. Our aim is more subtle, more pervasive, more complete. We are trying to get the world, by peaceful means, to believe the truth. That truth is that americans want a world at peace, a world in which all people shall have opportunity for maximum individual development.
