The Korean War and the Vietnam War were both results of communist aggression.
Both the Korean War and the Vietnam Wars were Cold War proxy wars, but to assume that they were the only two proxy wars is a very America-centric view. The Soviet-Afghan War is another one along with countless revolutions.
Arms race
The Cold War resulted in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Korean & Vietnam Wars (1950-1953) & (1961-1975) respectively, were the only "proxy wars" fought during the cold war. Both of those "Limited Wars" (Limited to Conventional Weapons only-No Nukes) were "Hot" battles of the Cold War. Communist rebellions, insurrections, guerrilla activites (such as attempted by Castro's Lieutenant Che Gueverra in Central/South America), etc, never fully developed into "wars" involving showdowns such as they did in Korea & Vietnam.
They just allowed the Soviets to put missiles aiming towards the US and fought some small proxy wars with the US.
The cold war itself was just that - a cold war. No men died. The two competing super powers, Soviet Union, and the United States, had nuclear weapons. Neither of them fought directly to avoid destroying the Earth. Instead they fought through proxy wars. Or wars were either side would support one side and then the reverse. These two proxy wars were the Vietnam war and the Korean War. 50,000 men died in the Vietnam War and 33,000 died in the Korean war.
Arms race
Proxy wars are better than wars on your own teritory.
Mutual Assured Destruction and proxy wars.
Basically the entire Cold War. However during the Cold War there were several hot wars which were proxy wars between the superpowers of the time. The US involvement in the Asia (Korea and Vietnam) can be considered wars were the US attempted to stop the spread of Communism. Likewise the US involvement with the Contras in Nicaragua can be considered an attempt to stop the spread of communism.
The Cold War resulted in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Korean & Vietnam Wars (1950-1953) & (1961-1975) respectively, were the only "proxy wars" fought during the cold war. Both of those "Limited Wars" (Limited to Conventional Weapons only-No Nukes) were "Hot" battles of the Cold War. Communist rebellions, insurrections, guerrilla activites (such as attempted by Castro's Lieutenant Che Gueverra in Central/South America), etc, never fully developed into "wars" involving showdowns such as they did in Korea & Vietnam.
They just allowed the Soviets to put missiles aiming towards the US and fought some small proxy wars with the US.
The cold war itself was just that - a cold war. No men died. The two competing super powers, Soviet Union, and the United States, had nuclear weapons. Neither of them fought directly to avoid destroying the Earth. Instead they fought through proxy wars. Or wars were either side would support one side and then the reverse. These two proxy wars were the Vietnam war and the Korean War. 50,000 men died in the Vietnam War and 33,000 died in the Korean war.
A large majority of the cold war was fought in other countries land-but the main conflict was between Russia and the USA. The Cold War was made up of proxy wars, in Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. Although I do not know the death toll, it was very, very bloody.
it messed us up
in Europe, it was mostly a strategy of tension, with false flag attacks carried out by far right or far left organizations. In Asia, it was proxy wars.
The cold war included no actual combat. It was fought with threats of nuclear warfare. Also fought with "proxy" wars. (Vietnam and Korea) The soviets supported North Korea, and the US supported South Korea. These were wars fought between the two countries through other countries.