The Cold War

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By Kit R. Roane Joseph Hogan Matthew Spolar Joshua Fisher Harvey Burrell Anne Checler Brian Kamerzel Cullen Golden Kimberly Mayhorn

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Two “superpowers”—the United States and the Soviet Union—emerged from the devastation of World War II. Mistrust, fear, and deep ideological differences between the two nations led to a Cold War that lasted more than forty years.
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