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The Cold War was given that name because the two opposed factions in that war, NATO vs. the Warsaw Pact, did not directly attack each other, unlike our previous experience of warfare. It was, therefore, cold in a purely metaphorical sense, it did not have to do with the weather. Both sides were afraid that any direct confrontation would result in nuclear war and the destruction of the human race, which was considered to be too high a price to pay for winning a war. Therefore, various forms of indirect attack, subversion, war by proxy, and so forth, were used instead.
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Why was Angola involved in the cold war?
Angola was not involved in the Cold War
How was canada involved in the cold war?
they were involved in the war because when britain was at war canada was at war too.
What two superpowers were involved in the Cold War?
The people that were involved in the cold war was the Soviet Union, Communist world, and the non-communist world (The US and the USSR)
Who fired the first missile during the cold war?
No one did, that is why it was called the Cold War. For all the players involved in this conflict it was only the threat of mutually assured destruction (thru missiles and other weapons of war) that kept everyone from pulling the trigger
Why is the Cold War called Cold War?
The cold war was not an actual 'war'. However there were several times that it came close to becoming a war though. I hear about that if the tension and push for expansion of the USSR continued and they advanced on the other sectors and captured them that there might have been another World war.
