One company of Infantry stands between all of these enemies and live Pershing II nuclear missiles. The pressure is rising quickly in the Cold War. It appears nothing can solve this standoff except complete, nuclear annihilation or capitulation by one of the sides. Thousands of protestors are regularly picketing sites that house nuclear weapons. Leftist, terrorist groups such as West Germany's Red Army Faction (RAF) and France's Action Directe (AD) are threatening further attacks on western military installations. They are also mired in a war of conquest in Afghanistan. The USSR is in turmoil over General Secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev, proposing a revolutionary policy of Glasnost or "openness" toward the west. President Ronald Reagan is proposing the Strategic Defense System, also known as "Star Wars", further raising the heat on the Soviets. The Soviet Union is outraged over a large number of Pershing missiles being kept in West Germany. The Cold War is five years from its end bringing a close to a nearly fifty year standoff between the United States and the USSR. Second Place Winner in the 2011 Reader Views Literary Contest (History/Science)
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