The Communist World and the Free World were two kinds of economic and political camps existing in 1985. At the center of these camps were two nations, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics who followed the principals of communism, and the United States of America with the belief in Capitalism and a free society of its people. The struggle between these two different governmental systems lasted over 45 years and came to be known as The Cold …showed first 75 words of 1101 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1101 total…countries throughout the world, many times by simply annexing these nations and establishing their own government. This would lead to a struggle between the U.S. and the USSR, as these two superpowers would race to spread their influence around the globe. This struggle would put the Communist World and the Free World on the brink of military conflict over the next four decades. This became an era in time known as the Cold War.