The deep hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union during the twentieth century was called _________.

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The term "Cold War" refers to the period of political and military tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term "détente" refers to a period of improved relations between the two countries in the 1970s, while the "Iron Curtain" describes the political and military barrier that divided Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War. "Containment" was a foreign policy strategy used by the United States to prevent the spread of communism.

The Deep Hostility Between the United States and the Soviet