Communism vs. Democracy The United States of America is a country that believes in democracy and has unfavorable ties with communist countries. The United States has tried for decades to improve relations with the countries that don’t practice democracy. History shows disagreements between the United States and dictators of these irreverent countries, disagreements that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The most recent of these confrontations involved three countries. United States …showed first 75 words of 1699 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1699 total…to negotiate directly with Castro, but at Kennedy's urging businesses and private citizens reached an agreement with Castro. In 1962, 1113 prisoners were released in exchange for food and medical supplies valued at approximately $53 million. Throughout the year’s there have been many conflicts between democratic policy makers and totalitarian communist ran countries. Conflicts that might have brought the world to an end. By far the Cuban Missile Crisis was the world's closest approach to nuclear war.