Following World War II, two former allies, the united States and the soviet union, became enemies. Both were superpowers trying to promote and defend their way of government. Answer the following questions.

What was the Cold War?

what was "containment?"

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Following World War II, two former allies, the united States and the soviet union, became enemies. Both were superpowers trying to promote and defend their way of government. Answer the following questions.

What was the Cold War?

what was "containment?"

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The Cold War refers to the period of protracted conflict between the US and the Soviet Union in which they never fought each other directly but fought devastating proxy wars around the world.

Containment refers to the US policy of working to contain the spread of communism and to export democracy around the world, even if it meant backing terrible leaders.

Following World War II, two former allies, the united States and the soviet union, became enemies. Both were superpowers trying to promote and defend their way of government. Answer the following questions.What was the Cold War?what was "containment?"

Following World War II, two former allies, the united States and the soviet union, became enemies. Both were superpowers trying to promote and defend their way of government. Answer the following questions.

What was the Cold War?

what was "containment?"