The decades-long rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union that shaped the modern world. Nuclear threats, space race, proxy wars, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
What you’ll learn
The Cold War was "cold" because the U.S. and USSR never directly fought each other
The doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) paradoxically helped prevent nuclear war
The Space Race led to innovations that benefit us today (satellites, GPS, computer technology)
The fall of the Berlin Wall symbolized the end of the Cold War and the triumph of democratic ideals
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