... a war of competition between the two countries. The Cold War caused a split between East and West and the United States and Russia competed with each other in every single aspect of life from Space Exploration to Sports. The Cold War almost became a nuclear war at one point when in 1962 ... the Soviets had begun building nuclear missile in Cuba, which is 90 miles away from the coast of Florida and President Kennedy send ships down to block the Soviets. (Cuban Missile crisis). The Cold War also led America into adapting a doctrine called the containment ... together to stop another cou...

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