6. A magazine is holding a contest for amateur historians. It plans to publish two articles responding to the following claim: "The United States should never have engaged in proxy wars during the Cold
War. The magazine will publish one article that supports the claim and one article that opposes it.
You'd really like to win both prizes, so you've decided to submit two articles - one supporting each
side. Each of your articles should use historical evidence to support each position and should discuss
at least three instances of proxy wars or U. S. military intervention in different regions of the world. (10
points)

relations between the soviet union and the united states were driven by a complex interplay of ideological, political, and economic factors, which led to shifts between cautious cooperation and often bitter superpower rivalry over the years. the distinct differences in the political systems of the two countries often prevented them from reaching a mutual understanding on key policy issues and even, as in the case of the cuban missile crisis, brought them to the brink of war.

the united states government was initially hostile to the soviet leaders for taking russia out of world war i and was opposed to a state ideologically based on communism. although the united states embarked on a famine relief program in the soviet union in the early 1920s and american businessmen established commercial ties there during the period of the new economic policy (1921–29), the two countries did not establish diplomatic relations until 1933. by that time, the totalitarian nature of joseph stalin's regime presented an insurmountable obstacle to friendly relations with the west. although world war ii brought the two countries into alliance, based on the common aim of defeating nazi germany, the soviet union's aggressive, antidemocratic policy toward eastern europe had created tensions even before the war ended.

the answer is richard nixion