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The Cold War did not have one single cause; rather it was caused by the many differences between the Soviet Union and the United States. The two countries had totally different ideas on how a country should be run; one favored communism while the other supported democracy. They also had very different goals after WWII was over. Should they help Eastern Europe rebuild, or use the disheveled countries to further their own plans? Also, there was still tension between the two countries for actions they had taken prior to the war. The Soviet Union could not forgive Great Britain and the US for trying to end the Russian Revolution in 1918, and also felt that they had not been given enough help during WWII. Britain and the US could not forget that Stalin had signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Germany in 1939. All these differences caused the tension between the two countries to intensify, which led to the cold war. The Soviet Union and the United States never formally declared war on......

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