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Why was the cold war cold?

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∙ 15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The Cold War was called "cold" not for literal reasons, but for figurative reasons. No battles occurred that ended up in bloodshed; the conflict never got "hot", a military term for weapons and troops being armed for battle.

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