The Cold War:

The Perceptions and Misperceptions of the United States and the Soviet Union

Using examples of Cold War conflict that has characterized America's involvement in the cold war, the following pages attempt to give the underlying causes of the Cold War, what made the Cold War so unique, and finally why many of the Cold War's conflicts were over perceptions and misperceptions of the enemy.

Yalta

Nuclear Threat

Korea

Cuban Missile Crisis

Vietnam

Analysis

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