THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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It was a competition between the US and Soviet Union and their respective allies
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It was an ideological war between the superpowers
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It triggered of an arms race
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The US and U.S.S.R. were engaged in direct wars
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which among the following statements about the Cold War is incorrect? Answer: [D] The US and USSR were engaged in direct wars. Notes: The fourth statement that as a result of the Cold War, the US and USSR were engaged in direct wars is incorrect.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cold War was an ideological war fought behind closed doors through propaganda and tactics. It was a competition between the two superpowers-the US and the USSR and their respective allies where the two blocs did not engage in direct wars.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry that developed between US and USSR and their respective allies that developed after WWI.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which best describes the Cold War? A tense, forty-year standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Cold War stayed cold for a variety of reasons. Most importantly, the advent of nuclear weapons meant that any conflict between the superpowers risked a nuclear exchange that could have claimed tens of millions of lives and left a swath of destruction in both the Soviet and American homelands.