WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Cold War lasted about 45 years. There were no direct military campaigns between the two main antagonists, the United States and the Soviet Union. Yet billions of dollars and millions of lives were lost in the fight. The United States became the leader of the free-market capitalist world.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the Cold War-and are we headed to another one? The 45-year standoff between the West and the U.S.S.R. ended when the Soviet Union dissolved.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War is the name given to the 40-year long stand-off between the Superpowers-the United States and the Soviet Union-which defined the world’s political map for most of the second half of the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-4: -1945–1952: The Early Cold War In the interest of avoiding another global war, for the first time the United States began to use economic assistance as a strategic element of its foreign policy and offered significant assistance to countries in Europe and Asia struggling to rebuild their shattered economies.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Cold War was a period of heightened tensions between the US and the Soviet Union. Lasting from 1945-1991, the two nations never directly fought, but instead engaged in proxy wars to advance their own ideologies–the US aiming to repel communism, and the USSR seeking to spread it.