The Cold War The Cold War is the shifting struggle for power and prestige between the Western powers and the Communist bloc from the end of World War II until 1989. The Cold War was a fight between democracy and communism. There had always been mutual suspicion between the West and the USSR. This suspicion could be seen in the alliances these two powers had made during World War II. Even after the war , the West …showed first 75 words of 373 total…

…showed last 75 words of 373 total…original problem the US had with the Soviet Union and the USSR had with the United States was that we had two different kinds of government. This problem with government had many battles like the Cuban Missile crisis and the Berlin Airlift, but all it turned out to be was one big war for democracy. The US fought in the Korean and Vietnam war. Thousands died because we were in a race to save democracy.