Ty GadberryEbert – DCUSH 1302 (Spring 2014)Word Count: 4,000Prompt: How did your films change/help the popular view of this era of American History?Finale: The Cold War (Finale) Often, the vast majority of the world's population enjoys films for their entertainment or insight value, as well as for the variety of topics they offer. The Cold War, a popular theme among many films, perpetuated from 1945, after World War II, until 1991. While historic tensions between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia, the USSR , the two nations have come to oppose each other, only to be interceded by the all too unfortunate and plausible concept of mutually assured destruction. This era raises the question and awareness for each country of the strength of the other, sowing fear in those who lived to see it unfold. American society, in an effort to raise public awareness of the threat facing it, is turning to the entertainment industry to help resolve its dilemma. Between 1982 and 1991, during the height of the burgeoning film industry and the height of the Cold War, several films debuted in which they depicted Soviet Russia and its destructive and innovative potential. These films based on this period, such as The Hunt for Red October, Red Dawn, and War Games, are notable examples of American propaganda during the latter period of the Cold War and its distortion of threats to the Is relative in an effort. to raise concerns about the intercontinental standoff. The Cold War persisted for forty years, or in light of alternative perspectives, perpetuating conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. Following the end of World War II, capitalist propaganda during the latter period of the Cold War and its distortion of threats to the relative East in an attempt to arouse concern over intercontinental impasse. Although the Cold War has continued since 1945, tensions between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Russia are only fueled by the unfortunately all-too-plausible concept of mutually assured destruction. At the height of the booming film industry and the height of the Cold War, the directors of these films intended to produce films that would depict Soviet Russia and its destructive and innovative potential. Thanks to this industry, the era would succeed in making American society aware of Soviet ingenuity; thereby increasing support for the position of the American population in the anti-Soviet movement.