USA and USSR Relations

During the Cold War, the two superpowers engaged in a global rivalry, with each side seeking to promote its own political and economic ideology while preventing the spread of the other. The relationship between the two countries was often tense and aggressive, with both sides engaging in a series of challenges and proxy wars. Despite this, the two sides managed to avoid direct military conflict.

Discover the political standpoints of these two countries for yourself with the following documents:

• Political Implications of Detonation of Atomic Bomb by the USSR
• US Air Force to the Secretary of Defense on Long-Range Detection of Atomic Explosions
• President Harry S. Truman Announcing the First Atomic Explosion by the USSR
• Reagan/Gorbachev Era
• Article: KGB Agent Downplays the Role of the Rosenbergs