How were Russians treated in America during the Cold War?

Even Hollywood got into the act, releasing movies portraying the stoically heroic Russians and their battle against the Nazi hordes. read more

During World War II, after all, the U.S. government had launched a propaganda campaign to convince the American people that the Russians–though they lived in a communist nation–were good allies in the war against Hitler’s Germany. read more

Then in 1961, Cold War tensions were heightened again with the Berlin Crisis of 1961. After watching people being shot as they escaped from East Berlin, soon 33 Soviet tanks positioned at the Brandenburg gate, to be met with a number of US Army tanks in a tense standoff. read more

Even after the U.S.S.R. ceased to exist, Gorbachev maintained that “the end of the Cold War is our common victory.” Yet the United States insisted on treating Russia as the loser. “By the grace of God, America won the Cold War,” Bush said during his 1992 State of the Union address. read more