Stone Cold Rivalries

The Cold War was a useless war that used propaganda to scare the enemy. It really shouldn't even be considered a war because there was not fighting, just threats. The Soviet Union and the USA did not like each other, though they were allies during World War 2, tried to create weapons to out do the opposition. Some of the time, this wasn't even true. These weapons were only used as threats and never actually used against the other side. It was a war of propaganda and nothing more. This rivalry is nothing compared to that of Germany and Russia, China and Japan, and Britain and France. These countries were rivals for a long time, and they actually got in physical conflicts with one another. Japan grew economically and with innovation and later invaded China and sparked a long standing rivalry between two eastern powers. In almost every war, Germany and Russia always fought against each other such as in World War 1 and World War 2. Britain and France was a huge rivalry in medieval times as they kept fighting to claim the crown of biggest superpower of Europe. One thing that makes these rivalries different from that of USA and USSR is geography. The aforementioned pairs were located near each other whereas the USA and USSR were located on opposite sides of a war. It is easier to sustain a rivalry when the two sides see each other a lot more.