United States, but in reality there was never really any documented fighting between the

two nations, thus spawning the catch phrase "Cold War." Even though both countries

were ready to go to war at the blink of an eye and almost did, the powers-that-be never

got the nerve to authorize a nuclear war that would have made World War II look like

child's play. This was a war fought in the political ring, and was also a war that did not

start at the end of World War II, this war started during the war against Hitler and lasted

for forty more years before peace became predominant over the crumbling Soviet Union.

Many events occurred in this political heavyweight bout, and both sides can be blamed

for the extremity the tensions escalated to, and this Cold War would have been tough to

avoid taking into account the political beliefs of the countries at hand.

During the war, once the Allied powers from the west joined forces with Stalin's

Red Army, trouble was inevitable. Luckily for the world, America had a great leader and

foreign diplomat in Franklin D. Roosevelt while England countered with Winston

Churchill. This duo created a steady working re

that Poland was a major security issue. The past two World Wars saw Russia being

certainly is a large reason for concern. Any alternative scenarios to avoid any Cold War

American Cold War foreign policy was NSC-68, a document brought together by the

National Security Council in 1950, a relatively new organization set up to create a

new foreign policy. NSC-68 called for an immediate upgrade of our defense systems.

government knew how to handle Stalin except for Roosevelt, which creates one of the

of Eastern Europe, where turmoil between the Western powers and Russia lasted for

elections in Poland in the late 40's and early 50's, something that does not sit well with

Poland. The Polish would not want to suffer those horrendous acts of oppression, and if

transpired more peacefully and definitely not on such a grand level. Someone that crazy

Other events that transpired in the beginnings of this long and potentially

Nazi regime of Germany. Sadly, this priority overwhelmed the Big Three, and no

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