Problems with USSR and US during the Cold War?

Question by John H.: Problems with and similarities and differences with USSR and US during the Cold War?
What problems did the U.S. and USSR have with each other during the Cold War?
What were some similarities and differences between the U.S. and USSR during the Cold War?

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Answer by Wanderer
United States was (and still is) a Capitalist society.

The U.S.S.R. was a Communist state.

The two nations had allied briefly with each other during WWII to stop the Axis powers, but a deep-seeded animosity still lingered, perpetuated by McCarthyism and the “Red Scare”

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