The cold war started at the end of wwii and lasted until the fall of the soviet union and the berlin wall in 1991. the cold war shape american policies and culture over those decades. choose two of the following areas and describe the effects the cold war had on them over the entirety of the four decades: u. s. domestic policy u. s. foreign policyu. s. economyu. s. defense or military actions u. s. pop culture/lifestyle changes for everyday americans