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The Cold War Era was a time in history where there was hostility between many different countries. The one most notable was the hostility between the Soviet Union and United States, the fight between Communism and Capitalism. As the most dominant country the U.S. offered assistance to countries threatened by Communism. They felt that Communism was wrong and was not the right way to run a government. Between the years 1945 and 1980 the United States and Soviet Union’s relationship was ruined, which caused a lot of distrust between the two. The two countries never went to war, but there were a lot of disagreements, among them the U.S. was a democracy and the Soviet Union was under a dictatorship. Leading up to the Cold War America became the richest world power and the Soviet Union had a poor economic base. One of the biggest disputes the two countries had was over nuclear weapons and espionage. The Cold War had a huge reflection on pop culture in America. Many actors and Americans that remained a part of pop culture were troubled with accusations of being Communists or supporting their cause. Numerous people were also sent to prison for their political views, and some even committed suicide because they were scared for their lives. According to Stephen Whitefield, the Cold War “distorted and enfeebled” cultural expression by the political view of Communism becoming more hated and despised. Whitefield expresses this when he says, “By introducing ideological politics, Communism became more loathed than organized crime, exacerbating fears that were to distort and enfeeble American Culture throughout the late 1940s and the 1950s” (220). People feared the political idea of Communism and wanted to stay away from it because they knew that if they were to get involved it would have an effect on their life. As a result of the Cold War, postwar pop culture undermined challenges to the status quo in several different ways. People in the business didn’t feel comfortable