WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -These conflicts took place in Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam. The fighting in Korea and Vietnam became full scale wars that lasted many years. (Technically speaking, however, the U.S. never actually declared war in either case.) Both the Soviet Union and the United States were involved in all of these events in many ways.

Detailed explanation-2: -Though the two nations were technically at peace, the period was characterized by an aggressive and costly arms race; bloody proxy wars fought across Latin America, Africa, and Asia; and competing bids for world dominance between U.S.-led capitalist governments and the Soviet-led communist bloc.

Detailed explanation-3: -These wars, the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975) are called proxy wars. In a proxy war opposing powers (like the United States and the Soviet Union) use other countries as substitutes for fighting each other directly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The proxy wars were fought in regions of Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia. These wars became known as the “hot wars of the Cold War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Major crises of this phase included the 1948–1949 Berlin Blockade, the 1945–1949 Chinese Communist Revolution, the 1950–1953 Korean War, the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the 1956 Suez Crisis, the 1961 Berlin Crisis, the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, and the 1964–1975 Vietnam War.