The two countries that were involved in the Cold War were the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War started in 1945 and eventually came to an end in 1990. The Soviet Union and allies relationship begins to unravel during WWII when the non aggression pact was created, the two counties didn't trust each other because the Soviet Union blamed the allies for not invading Germany. The U.S. and Soviet Union leaders met at Yalta to discuss and dividing Germany into four occupation zones controlled by allied military. The leaders that met at Potsdam were President Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Wiston Churchhill, they discussed the issues relating to postwar in Europe and to plan dealing with ingoing conflict with Japan. The three postwar goals for the United States were to encourage democracy in other countries to stop the spread of Communism, to rebuild European Governments, and to reunite Germany to stabilize and increase security in Europe.
The descriptions of the four postwar goals for the United States were to spread communism in other countries, rebuild its war ravaged economy using eastern Europe's equipment and raw materials, control Eastern Europe to protect the soviet borders, and to keep Germany divided to prevent them from waging war.Five characteristics of a communistic country are that people are equal, class society, cooperation, no luxury items, government control. Five characteristics of a capitalistic country are Survival of the fittest, class society, competition based on luxury items, and people control. The Wall of Protection was the name of the buffer countries along the western Border of the Soviet Union, it was built to keep the communist countries from bordering the countries. The United States policy in dealing with the Soviet Union was "the Grand Alliance" the policy Roosevelt followed to keep peace of the postwar and to get along with the Soviet Union. Two early examples the United States had to put up with during this policy in action was the Cuban Missile Crisis and American Tanks rolling up to the Berlin Wall.
The descriptions of the four postwar goals for the United States were to spread communism in other countries, rebuild its war ravaged economy using eastern Europe's equipment and raw materials, control Eastern Europe to protect the soviet borders, and to keep Germany divided to prevent them from waging war.Five characteristics of a communistic country are that people are equal, class society, cooperation, no luxury items, government control. Five characteristics of a capitalistic country are Survival of the fittest, class society, competition based on luxury items, and people control. The Wall of Protection was the name of the buffer countries along the western Border of the Soviet Union, it was built to keep the communist countries from bordering the countries. The United States policy in dealing with the Soviet Union was "the Grand Alliance" the policy Roosevelt followed to keep peace of the postwar and to get along with the Soviet Union. Two early examples the United States had to put up with during this policy in action was the Cuban Missile Crisis and American Tanks rolling up to the Berlin Wall.