Cold War - General Outline Using Two Sources

The Cold War was a conflict involving half the world, and lasting from 1947 until 1985. It was a confrontation of East vs. West which was very close to becoming an outright war.
After World War II the two main governmental systems each wanted to rule and dominate; the Capitalist/Imperialist and the Communist/Socialist. Both were occupying different sides of Germany (America and Britain on the west side, and Russia on the east side).Both wanted to show the other who would be the major superpower.
As soon as the tension was recognizable, other countries took sides.…