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Cold War - Wikipedia
23 Nov 2024 at 12:16am
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical tension and struggle for ideological and economic influence between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Cold War | Summary, Causes, History, Years, Timeline, & Facts - Britannica
23 Nov 2024 at 1:57am
Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.

Cold War: Summary, Combatants, Start & End - HISTORY
23 Nov 2024 at 4:13am
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension marked by competition and confrontation between communist nations led by the Soviet Union and Western democracies including the United States.

Cold War causes and impact | Britannica
22 Nov 2024 at 10:12am
Cold War, Open yet restricted rivalry and hostility that developed after World War II between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The U.S. and Britain, alarmed by the Soviet domination of Eastern Europe, feared the expansion of Soviet power and communism in Western Europe and elsewhere.

The Cold War - JFK Library
22 Nov 2024 at 3:27pm
Cold War rhetoric dominated the 1960 presidential campaign. Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon both pledged to strengthen American military forces and promised a tough stance against the Soviet Union and international communism.

Cold War facts and information - National Geographic
22 Nov 2024 at 12:21pm
The Cold War lasted nearly half a century. Here?s a look at why it began, how it escalated, its legacy today?and why some analysts think another Cold War is already underway.

Cold War: Definition and Timeline - HISTORY
22 Nov 2024 at 3:12pm
The Cold War between Communist?bloc nations and Western allies defined postwar politics. Learn about the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, NATO, the Space Race and more.

What was the Cold War? | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
22 Nov 2024 at 12:28pm
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. This hostility between the two superpowers was first given its name by George Orwell in an article published in 1945.

The history of the Cold War | CNN
21 Nov 2024 at 4:58am
The Cold War ended 30 years ago with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. Here's a look back at other momentous events from this era in history.

The Cold War | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
21 Nov 2024 at 6:10am
Mistrust, fear, and deep ideological differences between the two nations led to a cold war that lasted more than forty years. The geopolitical struggle, and the underlying threat of nuclear confrontation, drew in much of the world, directly and indirectly, and had wide-ranging consequences at home and abroad.



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