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
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