The objectives and action plans of NSC 68 differed from later NSSs due to American Cold War policies. The main foreign policy concerns were the threat of the Soviet Union and the spread of communism. For example, China and Vietnam were both subject to communism. NSC 68 dealt with these elements of Cold War strategy. The world had changed by 1950, for example the post-World War II plunged most European countries and Japan into social and economic disaster. The United States and the Soviet Union were the two world powers. The threat of communism was the new priority of the NSS. One of the primary goals of NSC 68 was instant military expansion and the expansion of military aid to U.S. allies. The creation of NSC 68 increased taxes due to military costs due to the nuclear arms race against the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War. This involved a massive buildup of weapons, based on the belief of a massive Soviet arms buildup. According to NSC 68, the appropriate course of action would be of a substantial military scale. The most recent NSS (...