Why is there a French girl next to slavs?

>the cold war was fought over the concept of capitalism good communism bad russia evil empire w/o religion
Is this what Americans are actually taught? You realize prior to the war US and USSR were butt buddies and, for example, a lot of early industrialization here was done together with American firms? And that's back in the days of proper ideology-driven Bolshies with purges and le evil NKVD and shiet, not post-Stalin sissies.