What were the profound dissimilarities between the two superpowers that served as the foundation of the cold conflict?

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 … Read more