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One of the definitions of the word "war" in the English Language Dictionary is, "...any conflict or competition suggesting active hostility...such as a war of words..."
1. What happened was that the generation that lived during the cold war era never gave the term "(Cold) War" any attention (it wasn't important). There were far too many more serious things going on...like Korea or Vietnam, for example.
2. That old trap of simplicity kicked in, "Cold War" became so much easier to say, spell, write, etc. than "a military stand-off/confrontation with the Communist Super Powers." Folks just said, "cold war" and that said it all, they knew what you meant.
3. AFTER the cold war ended on or about 1990, all of a sudden a new generation kicks in, and they are confused about the term "(Cold) War"...and understandably so. That word "war" which had been abused by the people that lived it, and didn't think it was important, now have to explain it.
4. To make matters extremely worse, those military personnel serving during that era, and never fought a hot war, now demanded medals for the cold war. With that approved, now military veterans have confused the newer generation even more for receiving medals during the cold war that wasn't even a war. But people are like that, they love medals. As a staff officer in General Washington's Continental Army once remarked, "what a man won't do for a purple piece of cloth" (the first generally accepted US medal; the Purple Heart).
Bottom line: Just stick to the dictionary definition as to why the cold war was called a war.
What else can I help you with?
What main nations were fighting in the Cold War?
Cold War means NO FIGHTING. There was no war during the cold war, with the exceptions of the two "HOT BATTLES" of the cold war, the Korean War and Vietnam War. Actual war between the the USSR & the US never happened.
Were the Soviet Union against us in the cold war?
Yes. The tension between the Soviet Union with its goal of Communism and the western democracies , incl the USA was/is called the cold war. (A war without fighting.)
Who were you fighting in the cold war?
The US was fighting the USSR, or the Soviet Union, in the cold war. Mostly, though, it was democracy against communism.
How was the Korean war a hot war?
There was fighting. Unlike the cold war.
Who was considered the winner of the Cold War?
The free world won the cold war.
What was the state of tesion without fighting between the us and the soviet union?
The Cold War
What was a grand struggle between two opposing ideologies without actual fighting?
Cold War.
Hostility without actual fighting is called .?
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What main nations were fighting in the Cold War?
Cold War means NO FIGHTING. There was no war during the cold war, with the exceptions of the two "HOT BATTLES" of the cold war, the Korean War and Vietnam War. Actual war between the the USSR & the US never happened.
Was the cold war worth fighting?
No
What was the fighting of Vietnam war?
Part of the cold war.
Were the Soviet Union against us in the cold war?
Yes. The tension between the Soviet Union with its goal of Communism and the western democracies , incl the USA was/is called the cold war. (A war without fighting.)
Who were you fighting in the cold war?
The US was fighting the USSR, or the Soviet Union, in the cold war. Mostly, though, it was democracy against communism.
What two countries did the cold war lead to actual fighting?
The Cold War led the Soviet Union and Afghanistan to actual fighting.
How was the Korean war a hot war?
There was fighting. Unlike the cold war.
Was Vietnam the first fighting in the cold war?
No.
What were the nature of the fighting like in the cold war?
Korea & VN were the only wars of the cold war.
