The Cold War began after World War II in 1945 and continued until the early 1990s. The Cold War was primarily a political and ideological conflict that affected many countries around the world socially or economically. The Second World War destroyed the old diplomatic system of "great powers" and replaced it with a polarized world of two superpowers. Germany, Japan, and Italy were occupied and demilitarized at the end of WW2. France, Britain, and China had …showed first 75 words of 799 total…

…showed last 75 words of 799 total…With all this confrontation happening on the home front, how would the Americans be viewed by the rest of the world? With the Cold War drawing to a close in the 1990s, you could understand why almost every country on the globe was affected by these events politically and economically. This world is like a big chessboard with politically leaders being the Kings, Queens, Castles and Horses and the rest of society are the Pawns.