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    Cold War

    1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies

    The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy. After the end of World War II in 1945, during which the US and USSR had been allies, the USSR installed satellite governments in its occupied territories in Eastern Europe and North Korea by 1949, resulting in the political division of Europe by an "Iron Curtain". Wikipedia

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  2. britannica.com

    Feb 4, 2025The 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. Orwell understood it as a nuclear stalemate between "super-states": each possessed weapons of mass destruction and was ...
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    The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported ...
  4. Background In the years after World War II, the rise of atomic weapons, along with competing political and economic ideologies from two global powers - the United States and the Soviet Union - set into motion an era of competition and mistrust known today as the Cold War. The United States exerted its power and influence over a number of countries, including much of Western Europe, while ...
  5. ehistory.osu.edu

    The invasion of Russia by the Nazis overshadowed American concerns temporarily, and the Soviet Union became an ally. As World War II ended with the Allied victory, tensions once again arose between the Americans and the Soviets. According to Chafe, five significant issues separated the two future adversaries: the impending government of Eastern European countries, the country of Poland ...
  6. guides.lib.lsu.edu

    Research Guides at Louisiana State University

    https://guides.lib.lsu.edu › WarAndConflict › ColdWar

    Jun 6, 2023The Cold War begun near the end of WWII and dominated US foreign relations throughout the second half of the 20th century. The Cold War finally came to an end in 1991 with the fall of the Soviet Union. During this time Americans were deployed to China, Korea, and Vietnam among other locations in attempts to prevent the spread of Communism or ...
  7. britannica.com

    The Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Strategic Arms Reduction Talks Summary Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START), arms control negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union (and, later, Russia) that were aimed at reducing those two countries' arsenals of nuclear warheads and of the missiles and ...
  8. pressbooks.online.ucf.edu

    The decades-long struggle between them for technological and ideological supremacy became known as the Cold War. So called because it did not include direct military confrontation between Soviet and U.S. troops, the Cold War was fought with a variety of other weapons: espionage and surveillance, political assassinations, propaganda, and the ...
  9. guides.nyu.edu

    NYU Libraries Research Guides

    https://guides.nyu.edu › coldwar

    Jan 22, 2025Though materials from as early as 1892 can be found in the collection, the bulk of the records were created between 1950 and 1990. A more comprehensive record of the CPUSA's early 20th century activity can be found in the Files of the Communist Party of the USA in the Comintern Archives, 1919-1943 (Microfilm R-7548).

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