COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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The areas affected were in the polar regions of the world
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The war was fought during winter months only
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Leaders of the superpowers were sick with coughs and fevers
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There was never direct fighting between the two superpowers
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Detailed explanation-1: -This fierce conflict is called the “Cold War” since the two superpowers never directly engaged in combat ("hot war"). Instead, they increased their military capabilities, tried to expand their global influence, and undermined the other’s way of life in the eyes of the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other. However, both sides clearly struggled to prevent the other from spreading its economic and political systems around the globe.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Each side “fought” the other, by providing money, arms, training and logistical support to their proxy and sending it to war against the other side’s proxy. Sometimes, a proxy was used to fight more directly with the opposing superpower.
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.