The Cold War was not only about power, it was also about ideology. Several incidents in the Cold War highlight this fact and one of these was the Cuban Missile Crisis, which showed both sides were interested in gaining power and destroying the other side’s ideologies. The Berlin Wall showed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) erected the Wall as not only a physical barrier but also a mental barrier to prevent foreign …showed first 75 words of 1041 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1041 total…world the power of one side and to hopefully convince other countries to join them in their quest of world domination. Both sides were desperate to gain allies and sympathizers to aid them in their quest to stamp out the other side’s ideologies and this is shown in incidents such as the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Both sides knew that by spreading their ideologies and gaining allies, power would surely follow.