Cold War. From the speech of Truman to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Morris N.

After the end of World War II, the abyss of political contradictions opened between the winning countries. Distrust and suspicion made the relations of the United States and the Soviet Union hostile, which, accordingly, was reflected in the positions of their allies. Subsequently, this began to be called the Cold War. She led to various local conflicts, without developing into a direct armed confrontation of two warring powers. Fear of nuclear war was felt everywhere, it intensified during periods of special tension in interstate relations. The situation began to change in the late 1980s. When reforms and political shifts in the socialist countries of the Eastern Bloc began. This book tells the history of the Cold War from the moment of its occurrence in 1945 before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, events that took place in various regions of the world are highlighted, including Korea and Vietnam, which received independence of India, fighting Africa and the country of third world. It is also described about the movements for peace and human rights.