Explain the Cold War and its social and political effects.

The Cold War was an important influence on almost all aspects of American society. Cultural antagonism between the United States and Soviet Union had both positive and negative repercussions. Mutual fear between the two countries led to political confrontations; some of which nearly led to world war

The Cold War was a political, economic, social, military and informational confrontation that began after the end of World War II between the Western block (western-capitalist) led by the United States, and the Eastern block (eastern-communist) led for the Soviet Union