The Cold War was unlike any other war in the history of the world. It was a war based on fear and tension rather than blood and anger, as the world had already become accustomed to. It was a battle that took place on no frontier and that left no blood-soaked lands. Instead, it was a battle that played out in the minds of the citizens of the United States of America and the citizens of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was a battle of wits that many feared could result in World War III. On the contrary, it achieved almost nothing. It ended without any real battle. The only battles fought in this war were psychological warfare battles that included propaganda against communism and support for the Cold War, McCarthyism, or what resembled the witch hunts that contributed to the Red Scare in the United States of America, race to space, to the Berlin war The airlift and then the creation of the hydrogen bomb. The creation of the bomb created tension between the world's two superpowers, but there was no use of the bomb. The bomb remained a terrifying thought in the minds of many frightened citizens. Because the Cold War was a psychological battle, there are many mixed feelings about who won. Many would argue that there was no winner as both countries spent trillions of dollars and many years of terror preparing for a confrontation that never came. How exactly did the war end? It ended in a non-threatening manner as the war began and continued. In the final years of the Cold War, a new General Secretary was appointed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. His name was Mikhail Gorbechev and he instituted new policies that gave his people a taste of freedom, which was what led to a revolution that ended the Cold War. “When Mikha… in the middle of the paper… began a new way of life without the tension and fear of a communist takeover in which many American citizens had no idea how to do it. They were used to growing up in a time when the fear of communism was an ever-present force in everyone's daily lives. While many would say that the Cold War was not a war worth winning, Republicans were quick to argue that their policies under the Reagan and Bush administrations had contributed significantly to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Democrats were quick to argue that the war cold it was a war to win. the policies credited with containing communism were enacted forty-five years earlier during the presidency of President Truman. Although communism was contained, it caused a lot of fear and trillions of dollars. The Soviet Union fell and Americans breathed a sigh of relief, because an era of fear and incessant spending of money seemed to be over..