The+World+the+SuperPowers+Made

Stalin and Truman mutually agreed to have their countries be each other rivals, both wanting to dominate Europe and Asia. A constant race for technological superiority, referred to as the "War of Ideas", served as the basis for the two country's rivalry with each other. With the development of thermonuclear weapons, tension grew with the knowledge that both countries possessed the weaponry necessary to annihilate one another and most of the remaining world. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met in Moscow in 1988 to reevaluate the standings between each other's country. As easily as the rivalry began, it was ended with the decision of two powerful men looking to do what was right for the country that he was responsible for.