The cold war is a term used to describe the approximate forty-year “battle”. The war started when the U.S. and Soviet Union were both considered super powers. They didn’t trust each other since each countries government was different; they thought their government systems were sufficient for themselves, and other countries all over the world. Although direct military conflict never took place between the two, diplomatic and economic struggles occurred.

The Cold War began when the leader of the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin, used the Red Army to take control of most of the countries of Eastern Europe. The United States as well as Western European countries were greatly concerned. In response to Stalin's military movements, President H

“In June 1990, the Cold War came to an end. George Bush and Gorbechev signed agreements dealing with chemical and nuclear weapons. Gorbechev accepted German reunification and the country's entrance into the NATO. German officially reunified on October 3. In November, the United States, the Soviet Union, and thirty other nations met to sign the Charter of Paris, another official document that served to end the Cold War. The chapter included a nonaggression pact between NATO and the Warsaw Pact". 4

“On October 14, 1962, United States spy planes spotted the first ballistic missile on Cuba. President Kennedy decided to take action. He had several options, invasion, air strikes, a blockades, or diplomacy. On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced that he would turn back ships with the intent of delivering missiles to Cuba. He also pledged full retaliation against the Soviet Union if even one missile is fired from Cuba toward any country in the Western Hemisphere. President Kennedy demanded that Khrushchev dismantles and removes the missiles that were placed in Cuba. Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles. United States aerial reconnaissance planes revealed that the missile bases were being dismantled. Kennedy agreed and removed the naval blockades from ”. 4

In conclusion, the Cold War was not a military conflict but a political statement of ideologies compiled with years of mistrust. Many Americans liked to brag that the United States won the cold war in the early years after the war. However, the Cold War was not a conflict the could be won or lost. Neither Bush or Gorbechev claimed victory. Bush said, "We have closed a chapter in history. The Cold War is over. Gorbechev had the same view. He said, "I do not regard the end of the Cold War as a victory for either side...The end of the Cold War is our common victory.4

After the Berlin Wall, the United States' worst fear came true. It was the Cuban missile crisis.

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