In 1945 as the Second World War was coming to a close there emerged a new and altogether different type of war. The Cold War, as it is known, was a war where the two superpowers of the time the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) fought each other in many different battlefronts but never involving actual armed conflict with each other. This war lasted for about half a century and …showed first 75 words of 1307 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1307 total…causing disdain and hatred between the two superpowers. The early manifestations of the Cold War were in many forms such as diplomacy, foreign policy, crisis points involving other nations and weaponry. The Cold War, which began in 1945, ranged for a very long time but much of what would happen in this time period was foreshadowed in the early manifestations of the Cold War which in turn was produced by the origins of the Cold War.