The Cold War was a conflict involving half the world, and lasting from 1947 until 1985. It was a confrontation of East vs. West which was very close to becoming an outright war. After World War II the two main governmental systems each wanted to rule and dominate; the Capitalist/Imperialist and the Communist/Socialist. Both were occupying different sides of Germany (America and Britain on the west side, and Russia on the east side).Both wanted …
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