Cold War
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General Information of the cold war
The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted for much of the second half of the 20th century.However, the relationship between the two nations was a tense one. Americans had long been wary of Soviet communism and concerned about Russian leader Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical, blood-thirsty rule of his own country.
Korean War
While the end of World War II brought peace and prosperity to most Americans, it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to "export" communism to other nations.In 1950 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south.