Good Guys, Bad Guys After the Cuban Missile Crisis both the United States and the Soviet Union saw the danger of the Cold War escalating into a shooting war. Both countries had and continued to stockpile weapons, specifically nuclear bombs. The two countries nuclear capabilities combined were reaching and surpassed the critical benchmark of when we could destroy the entire world. This constant threat of extinction made the US very wary to enter in direct …showed first 75 words of 870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 870 total…give up the land that they took during the Six Day War and following conflicts. This is to show that the superpowers were not in control but played the role of advisor and protector. America did establish a strong presence in the Middle East and communism did take control of Angola. These two major skirmishes did not lead to a disastrous superpower war so the Cold War remained cold even with the occasional hot flash.