COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes
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No
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Soldiers of the Soviet Union and the United States did not do battle directly during the Cold War. But the two superpowers continually antagonized each other through political maneuvering, military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The Cold War was a larger conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was called “cold” because the U.S. and Soviet Union didn’t fight each directly, but instead engaged in a war of threats.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The War in Afghanistan recently surpassed the Vietnam War (1955-1973) as the longest war in US history. The Cold War is not considered the longest war in US history because it was exactly that: ‘cold’. This means there were no active, or ‘hot’, conflicts between the US and the USSR.