To what extent did the Cold War impact countries in the Americas, from 1945-1981?

The countries that joined the NATO forces were heavily impacted after the Warsaw pact was formed by the USSR and its new Allies. All NATO and Warsaw allies however were intimidated and feared of the nuclear arsenals each country had and the fact of how close they sometimes got to using them.

Public impressions and insecurities gained during the Cold War could carry over to the peacetime environment. This new peaceful era created a territorial expansion of democratic capitalism which had an open invitation to proclaim the obsolescence of the war itself.