How was the cold war shaped by WWII and by american domestic traditions and needs?

After World War II the United States became involved in a different type of political struggle -- The Cold War. What exactly was the Cold War? How was it shaped by World War II and by American domestic traditions and needs? What was our Cold War foreign policy? Provide examples of our Cold War military and political engagements in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as illustrations of our policy in action.|||It was called the cold war because the US and the soviet union never actually fought eachother but tensions between the two remained very strong because America is a democracy and the soviet union was communist. In WWII, america and the ussr were allies because they both had a common enemy (hitler) however, both nations were suspicous of the other. Distrust mounted between the two especially when the US and britain did not launch the second front that the soviets asked for until d-day. Some events of the cold war include Cuban Missle Crisis, bay of pigs, korean war, vietnam war, and the second red scare.|||The cold war wasnt actuly a war it was more of just spying and a fear of communism. It was shaped by world war 2 b/c there was alot of spying that started during world war 2