THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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A war fought in the winter that involves the major powers and stops short of open warfare
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A war that stops short of full-scale war between the major powers and involves propaganda, subversion and spying, threats, economic sanctions
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A war that is fought between the two superpowers that have access to atomic/nuclear bombs and are capable of worldwide destruction
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Detailed explanation-1: -A cold war is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. This term is most commonly used to refer to the American-Soviet Cold War of 1947–1991.
Detailed explanation-2: -After World War II, the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War. Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers, but they each supported opposing sides in major regional conflicts known as proxy wars.
Detailed explanation-4: -What is Cold War? The Cold War was a period (1945-1991) of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and its satellite states (the Eastern European countries), and the United States with its allies (the Western European countries) after World War II.