The Cold War was America's longest war, beginning at the end of World War II when the Japanese formally surrendered on September 2, 1945, and not officially ending until the end of World War II world war. formal dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991 (Cold War Veterans, n.d.) The Cold War was not typical of what we normally think of as war: there was no attack on another's country that led the other to declare war, it was simply a period of time when the United States and the Soviet Union (USRR) resented each other. The Soviet Union resented the United States for our long refusal to treat it as a legitimate part of the international community, as well as for our delayed entry into World War II, which resulted in the deaths of millions of Russians (History, n.d.) After During World War II, when the Soviets invaded and took control of many Eastern European countries, Americans began to fear that the Russians were trying to take control of the world. Americans had long feared Soviet communism and the way their leader Joseph Stalin ran their country. The Cold War included events such as the Cuban missile ...