American officials recommended that the United States develop and deploy atomic weapons in an effort to keep Soviet doctrines and policies from expanding unchecked throughout Europe and the world, and to highlight to the Soviets that there would be dire consequences if they continued their expansionist policies. Under the umbrella goal of containing Soviet Russia’s military capacity, the United States began manufacturing armaments at an excessive rate, rationalizing the production of these arms as necessary to ward off potential conflict. Arms Race Between the United States & Russia Such action helped set the tone for the next four decades of United States foreign policy. American diplomat, George Kennan, described this strategy as “a political force committed fanatically to the belief that with the United States, there can be no permanent modus vivendi ” concluding that America had only one option to proceed, “long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.” In 1947, President Harry Truman made the containment of the Soviet Union a top priority, laying the groundwork for the Cold War by introducing domestic policies that centered on undermining communism in the United States. Containment of RussiaĪt the end of World War II, the majority of American leadership was in agreement that the most viable approach against the political and militaristic expansion of the Soviet Union was to implement a containment strategy that would help keep the Soviet expansion in check and protect Western democratic values. By deeply delving into the most critical events of the dispute, historians can develop a better understanding of the Cold War’s extensive conflict. Spanning approximately 45 years between 19, wherein no direct battles were fought, the Cold War was a period of intense geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Founded in 1846, the AP today is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news and information from every corner of the world to media platforms and formats.The Cold War shook the foundation of the world, as it was the first time that large-scale nuclear warfare became a truly realistic threat. The Associated Press (AP) is a not-for-profit global news agency headquartered in New York. The Museum will partner with Upstate veterans and military organizations to insure the preservation and presentation of our community’s history and stories. The Upcountry History Museum will include objects, archival materials and oral histories from its permanent collection to support and further illustrate the impact of the Vietnam War. These are pictures that both recorded and made history, taken by courageous photojournalists.Īs we begin to look back from the vantage point of half a century, Vietnam: The Real War serves as a photographic record of the drama and tragedy of the Vietnam War. The exhibition tells the human story of the War, from the American presence starting as a trickle of military advisers in the late 1950s, through dramatic operations involving thousands of soldiers in the 1960s, to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Now, drawn from AP’s photo history of the conflict, Vietnam: The Real War, featuring a selection of 50 large-format images curated by the Associated Press, will be presented at the Upcountry History Museum. The AP won six Pulitzer Prizes for its coverage, four of them for photography.
To cover the War, The Associated Press (AP) gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau, creating one of the greatest photographic legacies of the 20 th century. Due to an uncensored press, the world knew and saw more of this war than any in history before or since. The war left a deep and lasting impression in American life, from its impact on the men and women who fought in it, to the journalists and photographers who covered it, to the millions of Americans who protested against it or supported it. Marines move through a landing zone, December 1969.