The events of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

In this essay you are to trace the events of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. What caused the Cold War? Did it start in 1945 or earlier? What was the immediate crisis that caused the Cold War. Research the events of the Cold War and choose three to analyze how they impacted relations between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. Choices may include the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, the events in Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the election of President Reagan, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and many others. Choose three. In the conclusion analysis recent events in the news and answering the question are we in a new Cold War with the Russians, if so then what are the lesson of the old Cold War?