The Psychology of the Cold War

30 years on since the collapse of the soviet union, its legacy is still there. So i wonder if we could dig a little bit deeper the psychology of both sides of the iron curtain now. Why don't we start with the west? You talked about paranoia, collective hysteria, misunderstanding. What can you tell us about the the psychological minds are in the west during the cold war? Well, the the psychology really applied both ways. And it's important because it lets us put ourselves in somebody else's shoes. I mean, taking on that mental states can differ from reality,. People's behaviour can be predicted from their mental states.