History of Europe

The goal of US foreign policy during the cold war was to fight spread what Soviet Union style government and economics?

The goal of US foreign policy during the Cold War was to fight the spread of Soviet Union-style government and economics, known as communism. The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, which lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. The main ideological conflict during the Cold War was between capitalism, led by the United States, and communism, led by the Soviet Union. The United States sought to contain the spread of communism and promote democracy and capitalism around the world through various political, economic, and military strategies.