The Cold War Was A Conflict Between Theu.s And No Longer...

The Cold War was a conflict between the U.S and no longer existent U.S.S.R. This was a war that that did not have direct combat involved between the two powers, but a silent clash of ideals and the balance of power. This was a relatively long conflict lasting from 1945-1987 approximately, which luckily did not result in the use of newly invented nuclear weapons of mass destruction. The Cold War was a power struggle not only for two states, but two opposing ideologies, communism and capitalism. Both sides equally demonized the other for their beliefs and sought to gain the upper military hand over one another. Though the two nations never actuality fought on the battle field there were many close calls that would have decimated the world. The entire conflict instead had representatives fighting for the two states, or rather their ideals in theaters of war elsewhere, creating proxy wars. The beginning of the Cold War was the first nuclear bomb that struck Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 194 5 that shook the world. The bomb had two main goals, end the war with Japan, and send a power message to the USSR and re-establish the balance of power. The bomb rattled an already unstable relationship between the West and the USSR, further creating distrust between Stalin and the U.S. There was fear in Stalin because the U.S.S.R had no such nuclear capability and was aggravated that the U.S, their WWII ally, did not share its nuclear secrets. Thus began the path that saw nations representing