The United States Role In The Cold War

History has many significant wars and events, one of the most recent and memorable to people today is the Cold War. The Cold War took place from 1945-1991 and was a long conflict between the USSR and the United States in which both countries undermined the other but no actual violence took place, it led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, it caused China to ally with the Soviets, and it ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain in 1991.
After World War II, the Cold War began which was a war involving much propaganda, economic sabotage, economic warfare, etc. It was non violent for the most part while still involving many events, one significant one was the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold war was primarily between the communist country, USSR, and the republic
While the United States worked to prevent the Soviets influence, the Soviets attempted to spread communism around the world. During this time, the Soviets would to things to undermine the United States in order to get them out of their way and the United States would do the same to stand in the way of the Soviets influence. The different beliefs from the two countries contributed to their conflict. The United States strongly believed in democracy and having freedom for people while the Soviets believed in communism which involved a government with complete control leaving people with very little freedom. The opposite governments of the two countries left them with tension (Johnston). The Cuban Missile Crisis was an event that occurred as a result of the Cold War. This event took place in October of 1962 and lasted thirteen days, this consisted of the Soviets setting up missile bases in Cuba and the United States working to have them removed. “A