The Cold War: Who is to Blame? The Cold War was the period in history in which for 40 years the world was under the constant threat of total destruction, caught between the nuclear stockpiles of the United States, Great Britain, and France on one side and the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China on the other. Any conflict between the forces of democracy and those of communism could trigger a nuclear tragedy of …showed first 75 words of 823 total…

…showed last 75 words of 823 total…of innocent people are at stake. In addition, although many things done by the superpowers could have been done differently and with less embarrassment and loss of human life, what is in the past is in the past. That’s what makes history history. And though I don’t approve of unneeded violence, I will admit that I personally feel this war did have to happen, but it could have occurred with more positive results.