1) The uneasy wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union started to crumble before the surrender of Germany in 1945. The ideological differences as well as antithetical political philosophies of the two countries fueled a global race for power and influence, which Bernard Baruch famously dubbed the “Cold War.” What were the profound dissimilarities between the two superpowers that served as the foundation of the cold conflict? Discuss the major communist uprisings in Europe and Asia as well as the strategies employed by the United States to stop the spread of communism. In addition, trace the significant conflicts and crises of the Cold War, beginning with President Harry Truman and the Berlin Airlift and ending with President George H.W. Bush and the toppling of the Berlin Wall.
