The Cold War
Following the Second World War, we had a period in history called the Cold War. The Soviet Union and the United States had been on the same side during the war, but after the war they became rivals. Both countries wanted to rule the world in their own way, and had opposing ideologies. This resulted in a war between East and West where the authorities resorted to espionage in an attempt to find out what their rivals were doing. The United States and the Soviet Union have never used weapons against each other, but have come close on several occasions.
The Cold War
The Cold War between the superpowers the United States and the Soviet Union was a war of ideology between these two superpowers and their allies. A race started where both sides were producing and buying weapons and military equipment to frighten the other. The goal was to seem better both in terms of their army and their weapons.
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