The Cold War was a strategic and tactical contest to influence the nature of the governments and societies of the world’s countries. On one hand, the United States and its allies sought to spread democratic capitalism; on the other, the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China attempted to ex

In the years following the Second World War, American popular culture mirrored the anxieties that developed between the United States and the USSR. Although allies in the war against fascism, the two nations became increasingly agitated by mutual suspicion. This state of continuous tension, known as

The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for decades and resulted in anti-communist suspicions and international incidents that led the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear disaster.

Includes Cold War Era Maps, U.S. Army Films from the Korean War, Bay of Pigs, Korean War, Duck and Cover Drills, Race to the Moon, Cuban Missile Crisis, and more.

This free online book includes FROM ISOLATIONISM TO ENGAGEMENT, Containing Communism Abroad and at Home, George Kennan, The Truman Doctrine, the Berlin blockade and airlift, the “Long Telegram,”, senator Joseph McCarthy, Klaus Fuchs, House Committee on Un-American Activities

Cartoons of the Cold War

BETWEEN 1946 AND 1991 the United States, the Soviet Union, and their allies were locked in a long, tense conflict known as the Cold War. Though the parties were technically at peace, the period was characterized by an aggressive arms race, proxy wars, and ideological bids for world dominance