Geography had nothing to do with it; it was atomic weapons.
Theres only one cause; nukes. If there hadn't been atomic weapons, there wouldn't have been a cold war.
There was only one atomic age...which created the cold war; thus there was only one cold war; 1945-1990 & it was world wide.
The communists wanted to spread communism around the world, one way or another, and non-communists wanted to stop them.
Do you mean, "Why was the era AFTER world war 2 called the cold war?" Because no one calls the era of WW2 the cold war.
No comparison. One was a war; one wasn't.
yes it was. in fact it ended the cold war
Both the Korean War and the Cold War were at issue with Communist expansion. The only one not at issue with Communism is the Afghanistan conflict.
The cold war was cold because there were no battles, therefore no one was killed in combat.
One key cause of the Cold War was the ideological conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The U.S. promoted capitalism and democracy, while the Soviet Union advocated for communism and a one-party state. This clash of ideologies fueled distrust and competition, leading to events such as the arms race, the division of Europe, and proxy wars around the globe. Ultimately, these tensions manifested in a prolonged period of geopolitical rivalry known as the Cold War.
The Korean War was one of the larger conflicts of the Cold War, along with the Vietnamese War (which lasted a lot longer).
Nukes.The aggressive ideology of the Communists International (ComIntern) to achieve world wide communist hegemony by means of revolutionary struggle and wars of "liberation" was the fundamental cause of the Cold War.
Yes; the bomb was a double edged sword...it would end one war and prevent another one...the cold war (the cold war prevented a "hot" war). The US was already preparing for the "cold war" before WW2 even ended!