Souiah Zohir-AoudjOmarELFaroukK, hirani ElHosseyn2019-07-182019-07-182019-07-15an41-2019http://dspace.univ-msila.dz:8080//xmlui/handle/123456789/15394Abstract: ThepresentpaperexplorestherelationshipbetweenthetwosuperpowerstheUnitedStatesofAmericaandtheSovietUnionduringtheColdwartheUSandtheSovietUnion progressivelybuilt uptheir ownzonesof influence,dividingtheworld intotwoopposingcamps.TheColdWarwasthereforenotcompletelyastrugglebetweentheUSandtheUSSRbutaglobalconflictthataffectedmanycountries,particularlyintheEuropeancontinent,Asia,andSouthAmericawheretheconflictreacheditsclimaxexactlyinCuba(CubanMissileCrisis),because,in1959,CubabecameacommunistcountryandtheSovietssecretlydeployedmissilesthere.TheU.S.PresidentKennedywasscaredtheSovietUnionwouldattacktheUnitedStates.HeexpectedablockadeonCubawouldobligetheSovietUniontoremoveitsmissiles,whichunfortunatelydidnothappen.Forahostageof13days,nuclearwarseemedpossiblebutfortunately,throughtheeffortsofU.Nthemissilecrisishadbeensolvedfollowedbyagreementsinitsaftermath.Keywords:US,USSR,ColdWar,CubanMissileCrisis,UN.Thesis