Issues between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) began shortly after World War II and continued for decades. Although the US and USSR were fighting for the same side during WWII, conflicts between the two caused distrust. Communism is often referred to as the ultimate enemy of capitalism (Rettenmund, p 4 1996). The capitalist United …show more content…
Falcon and the Snowman tells the true story of two young Americans, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee, who share sensitive United States documents with the Soviets. They sold over $70,000 of American secrets to the USSR, a profit that mostly went to Lee (Hartung, 1998). Boyce spent 25 years in jail, where he met his wife who helped him reduce his sentence. Lee, however, served 20 years of a life sentence. In an interview Boyce was asked how he defined freedom and his answer will make you think twice about committing a