"Mutually assured destruction." Both sides of the cold war had the ability to destroy the earth several times over. That certainly seems like a good reason to fear your enemy.
Strategic nuclear missiles were aimed to most large cities in the US, as well as in the USSR.
Also the mobilised military forces of the Warsaw pact was much larger then that of NATO.
The lack of openness in the communist empire made it difficult to know what was really going on, and their people could easily be manipulated with false information about the rest of the world.
The USSR was ruled by leaders, whose behaviour could be difficult to predict.
The Russians showed that they were ready to use armed force to stop any democratic reforms, e.g. in Hungary 1956 and Czechoslovakia 1968.
Soviet supported anti-US governments and guerilla groups in America with counsellors and weapons.
Soviet supported communist takeovers or revolutions around the world, while USA were resisting such, e.g. in Vietnam. Spread of socialism would reduce US worldwide influence.
Soviet began stationing missiles on Cuba.
USA discovered many people spying for the Soviet powers.
The Soviet Union, after WW II, was a ruthless totalitarian state which had taken advantage of its military position after the war, in which its armies had been sent far into Europe in order to fight the Third Reich, to take over all of eastern Europe and to install puppet regimes that were supported by the Soviet military. The USSR actually announced its intention to convert the entire world to communism (in a famous statement made by Nikita Kruschev at the UN, who said of the western world, "we will bury you!"). The Soviet Union was paranoid, dishonest, and generally untrustworthy. Yes, given the above is correct, & I am not disagreeing with it, it does seem to fly in the face of Roosevelts (Arguable) lack of support for Churchill in discussion with Stalin & others.... I also am not disagreeing but in simple terms;The United States had trouble trusting the Soviet Union after World War II because of? (The Soviet expansion).
it was the the soviet union
No. The Soviet Union did enter World War 2 but on the other side. Germany invaded and then forced the Soviet Union into the war
The motto of Soviet Union is 'Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!'.
no one. soviet union is russia which is on the allies side.
The Soviet Union, after WW II, was a ruthless totalitarian state which had taken advantage of its military position after the war, in which its armies had been sent far into Europe in order to fight the Third Reich, to take over all of eastern Europe and to install puppet regimes that were supported by the Soviet military. The USSR actually announced its intention to convert the entire world to communism (in a famous statement made by Nikita Kruschev at the UN, who said of the western world, "we will bury you!"). The Soviet Union was paranoid, dishonest, and generally untrustworthy. Yes, given the above is correct, & I am not disagreeing with it, it does seem to fly in the face of Roosevelts (Arguable) lack of support for Churchill in discussion with Stalin & others.... I also am not disagreeing but in simple terms;The United States had trouble trusting the Soviet Union after World War II because of? (The Soviet expansion).
it was the the soviet union
No. The Soviet Union did enter World War 2 but on the other side. Germany invaded and then forced the Soviet Union into the war
The motto of Soviet Union is 'Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!'.
The Soviet Union
The United States and the Soviet Union were the Superpowers after World War 2.
The Soviet Union was established long before World War 2 began.
no one. soviet union is russia which is on the allies side.
Answer this question… The Soviet Union became the world's first communist state.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Eastern Germany became a part of the Soviet Union after World War 2.
During World War 2, Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union.