The Cold War was a rivalry between the USSR and the United States that played out on a global scale. It was an era that lasted from 1945 to 1990. The Cold War brought a lot to America in terms of spy novels, arms race, space race, anti-communist films, etc. After World War II, there were only two nations left with some sort of power left, the Soviet Union and the United States. The United States still had concerns because it wanted to create a strong, free-market-oriented, capitalist Europe. During and after World War II, signs of distrust emerged between Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviets' idea was to create a communist buffer between themselves and Germany, but the United States saw things differently and it seemed that communism continued to expand. In the spring of 1945, the Soviets began installing conciliatory governments in the eastern regions of Europe, violating promises of democratic elections made at the Yalta Conference. On May 12, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a telegram to President Truman saying: “What will happen to Europe? An iron curtain is lowered in front. We don't know what's going on behind this. » There was little the Western powers could have done to prevent the Soviets from taking over Eastern Europe. By early 1947, relations with the Soviet Union had become more difficult, even poor. Stalin declared in 1946 that international peace was impossible and "in the current context of the capitalist development of the world economy." The statement urged the State Department to make an urgent request to George F. Kennan, a diplomat and political analyst stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Kennan responded and insisted that the assumptions made by former President Roosevelt were dangerous... middle of paper ... pony. Under the terms of the treaty, the United States would destroy 859 missiles and the Soviets would destroy 1,752. The Soviets were ending the war in Afghanistan, which lasted nine months and was fought against Afghan forces. A new generation came to power in 1985 for the Soviets, Gorbachev. He was determined to end the Cold War, because it wasn't really good for the communists at the moment. He ended Soviet support for client governments in Eastern Europe, which included the fall of the Berlin Wall. These measures improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union or Russia (the USSR was eventually dissolved into 15 separate countries). I think that the foreign policy of the United States is always and always the same in terms of protection of its citizens and its territory, commitment and freedom of trade, and concern for the good of the world, therefore always a symbol of hope for peace..