THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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It’s fought in the winter.
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It is a war that divides countries.
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It’s fought in certain countries.
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It is a war of words and ideas instead of bullets and guns.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike the two world wars, there were no physical battles between the major adversaries. It was, instead, an extended competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies.
Detailed explanation-2: -A “Cold War” is one in which there is no physical battles but instead tension between two nations (political, economic, etc.). Therefore, the opposite (a “Hot War") would entail actual fighting. In what ways did the U.S. and Soviet Union actually fight one another?
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War was a period of economic, political and military tension between the United States and Soviet Union from 1945 to 1991. Following the end of the Second World War, complications arose centering on the shifting of international power.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe.