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Because the super-powers could not fight each other without starting a nuclear war. Another words; since they were ENEMIES & couldn't fight each other (without risking MAD=Mutually Assured Destruction) they had to play the game of "one upmanship"...I build one, you build one better...I build one better, you build one better...next year same thing...next year same thing...etc. etc. etc. That's a cold war.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the atomic bomb came into existence in 1945, although the Soviets (Russians) didn't get theirs until 1949. The Soviets collapsed in 1990; thus ending the cold war.
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∙ 11y agoThe post war was also referred to as the cold war becouse there was no hand to hand fighting as you see in ww1 and ww2
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What was the 45 year conflict between the soviet union and the US called?
The Cold War (a stalemate/non-shooting war).
Describe the cold war was fought by each superpower?
The cold war was NEVER FOUGHT! The cold war was an arm's race. If there had really been a war; it never would have been called a "Cold War." It would have been called WWIII (an atomic war).
Why do you learn about the Cold War?
Cold war was a significant period of our recent history that shaped the international relationships for many decades.
Was the cold war a 300 year period?
1945-1990.
What was the global competition between the soviet union and the us called?
it was a hot war was but it was called the ( COLD WAR) probably cause all the dead bodies.
What was the period of political tension following World War I called?
the cold war
What was the period called of political tension following World War 2.?
The political tension was known as the Cold War.
Was the Vietnam war a wartime period?
Part of the cold war period.
How did the Cold war emerge in the Post War period?
Nukes created the cold war.
When did the post Cold War period start?
The cold war started in the mid 1940s
What was the period of time called when the US and its allies were facing off against the soviet union and its allies?
The Cold War.
Which country dropped the atomic bomb in the cold war?
No nation dropped an atomic weapon during the cold war. The cold war is not the same as World War 2. Two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan by the US at the end of World War 2. The cold war is called 'cold' because it was not an actual armed conflict. It was a period marked by a conflict of ideologies, propaganda and fear.
The period after the Korean war started the Cold war began in which decade?
The cold war commenced in 1945 when the A-Bomb detonated.
Tne name of period of time after world war 2 in which there was a period of undeclared war with the soviet union?
The cold war
What was the 45 year conflict between the soviet union and the US called?
The Cold War (a stalemate/non-shooting war).
What was the weather from the cold war?
The "Cold War" was called that because there were no battles or actual declarations of war. It was a period stretching from the second world war until after the Berlin Wall fell. For more info there is a good article on WIKI It had no effect on, nor set a weather pattern.
What is the period between war called?
period
