The Cold War
Beginning of paper
was the time of struggle between the United States (U.S.) and its allies and the group of nations led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics [USSR] for power and influence that began at the end of World War II. was not a war of military conflict but instead was an ideological war between the ....
Middle of paper
.... Soviet Union, but eventually they came out on top. The USSR took major damage from the crises such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and Berlin Wall, and eventually their economy collapsed and they converted to a capitalistic economy. Germany and the rest of Europe was a chessboard that the two powers played on. The U.S. was allied with West Germany, and the Soviet Union was allied with East Germany. When the Berlin Wall was built here, the Soviet Union took a major hit in their political opinions ....
------------------
Word count: 685
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)