The Cold War (1946–1991) had profound effects on American society and culture. Fresh from victory in 1945, Americans quickly disarmed and expected to focus their attention on domestic matters, in particular the adjustment to a peacetime economy...

Nothing so demonstrates the impermanence of political life than the history of the cold war. As a concept, cold war gained popularity shortly after the last ‘hot’ or ‘shooting’ war to involve all the major powers, the Second...

America's role in the Cold War led the nation to pursue policies that eventually resulted in the rise of multiculturalism. This trend has had an increasing impact on American society. "Multiculturalism" has several meanings. At the...

The Cold War describes the situation in international relations that lasted from the end of the Second World War in 1945 until 1989/90. It was characterized by an ideological conflict between communism and capitalism, and between the two dominant...

The Cold War was the period of conflict, tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Throughout the period, the rivalry between the two superpowers was...

The Cold War might be over but the rhetoric is getting pretty hot.East-West relations are the most contentious in years. Russian President Vladimir Putin is threatening to revert to targeting his missiles on Europe. And China is joining the fray in opposing expansion of a...

Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union squabbled constantly over the imprisonment of senior Nazi Rudolf Hess, with the Russians rejecting attempts to give him more lenient treatment, newly declassified documents reveal.Files from Britain's Foreign Office released Friday by the National Archives show...

Provides a timeline detailing significant events and dates of the Cold War from 1945 to 1989. Discusses how how events of 1919-1939 influenced Cold War decisions.

The so-called Cold War between the United States and The Soviet Union started after Winston Churchill's Fulton speech in August 16, 1945 and in fact ended only when the USSR collapsed. The Cold War was a period of tense relationship between the two countries and not once the world stood at the brink of World War III.

The main cause of the post-World War II Cold War was the aggressive and expansionist foreign policies of Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union. The USSR attempted to strengthen its influence and control over eastern Europe, which increased tensions between the East and West bloc.