Rivalry During The Cold War

The Cold War was a rivalry that played between the USSR (Soviet Union) and the US that had global effects. It was defined by tensions, hostilities, and confrontation between the two nations. The beginning of the war is seen due to the dividing of Germany. With the Allies taking Western Germany and Western Europe, and the Soviets taking Eastern Germany and Eastern Europe, all occurring 1946. So once can see that the world is divided into two, each with their differing ideology. This is also knows as the “Iron Curtain”, Europe was divided between democracies (Allies) and the communists (Soviets). Other ideas include “The Domino Theory” where if one country falls to communism, the others around it do too. Afterwards comes “Containment” which tries to contain communism from out breaking. If containment fails then the people must fight the communism because it is dangerous to …show more content…
They “fought” by attempting to out produce and develop each other. Each side had their intelligence agencies (USA held the C.I.A.). Both sides competed with each other in a nuclear arms race, by trying to create the deadliest weapons. A time where the war got “hot” is known as the Cuban Mission Crisis. It was the closest that the war almost became nuclear. It was a confrontation between the US and USSR, when the Soviets began building missile sites in Cuba in 1962. The propaganda held different interactions in the US and USSR. The Americans portrayed the communists with a cruel and dictatorial reign, which ignored human rights. The Soviets portrayed the Americans as greedy, fat, businessmen who treated their workers like slaves. Finally, both sides partook in a space race, where the competition was who could get to space first. We can see that the Cold War is different from most wars because it was merely competition between sides, and trying to be supreme over the