History records the Cold War as a geopolitical dispute between the Soviet Union and the United States. The two superpower’s primary aim, however, was to project their views and perspectives around the world following the collapse of colonialism after the Second World War. The cold war substantially changed in the 1950s and 190s, and one of the main ways it changed is due to the shift from the military perspectives and focus into an ideology that was more cultural. In the 1950s, the warfare was mainly physical, that is, Germany and Korea had split, and thus a possibility of a nuclear war was discovered. In the 1960s, there was little physical warfare, and the racing space was ideological. The American young individuals were gaining liberalization, and this made the world safer and enhanced democracy. The cold war generally became a dominant impact on the various features of the American community during the twentieth century’s second half.
The relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union entailed a complex mixture of economic, ideological and political factors and this resulted into shifts between cautious collaboration and highly harsh superpower hatred and conflicts over time. The apparent differences in the legislative frameworks of the two nations made it impossible for them to attain a mutual friendship and understanding on significant policy matters. The United States majorly made it impossible for the two countries to relate and thus the failure to achieve peace. Initially, the American government revealed vast hostility to the leaders of the Soviet Union for saving Russia from the First World War and was against the idea of communism. The two countries, therefore, remained in hostility and failed to establish diplomatic relationships, until the unexpected democratic shifts between 1989 and 1991.