<Tab/>After World War II, the struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States had emerged. During the Cold War period, the nations of the world were heavily shaped by the intense rivalry between these two great blocs of power. The conflicts between the Communist Soviet Union, and the Capitalist United States had become a perpetual battle that lasted from the mid 1940's until the end of the 1980's. Although …showed first 75 words of 791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 791 total…other and this caused great conflict between them. Tensions during the Cold War sparked many critical situations including the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis when the USSR placed nuclear weapons 90 miles off the coast of Florida in Cuba. Thirteen days of almost beginning a nuclear war ended with a secret agreement in which the Soviets consented to take their missiles out of Cuba and the United States promised to remove their missiles from Turkey six months later.