It was mainly because the existence of nuclear weapons. That was why the conflict stayed a 'cold war'; both sides tried to undermine and destroy each other, but they dared not let it go to actual fighting - that would have destroyed them. So they would compete in almost everything
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It actually started in the Soviet Union
The cold war started in 1945 after the World War II. The cold war was between Russia and some of the western countries. The existence of the nuclear weapons is what led to the development of the Cold war.
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the Cold War stated when Stalin broke the Yalta agreement by forcing communism upon Eastern European Nations.
Detente means to relax or to relief tension. When the cold war started Detente first kept thing relaxing but as it went on it got worse.