Cold War

For the Western Allies, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which still exists; for the Eastern Bloc countries (Soviet Union and her allies) the Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance,or the Warsaw Pact, which ended in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

it was an arms race to see who had the bigger and better weapons

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the broadcasting of pro-American propaganda

As superpower United States watches other superpowers in the game of global domination, especially if that another superpower is a totalitarian state. If not checked Soviet or communist control could spread to western Europe and all over the world as communist ideas were very popular at the time.

Although Joseph Stalin ruled through to his death in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev, who ruled from 1953 to 1964, is probably more important for the 1950s.

The British had a blockade to prevent supplies and reinforcements from reaching the Continental Army.

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.

It failed.

The United States and The Soviet Union were Cold War adversaries! Both sides wanted a one-up supremacy in being the first country to go to the Moon and explore Space. With the threat of nuclear weapons so strong in the 1960s, the thought that an enemy would claim part of Space (to do whatever "evils") was very much a threat.

Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia

Wagner-Connery act

During the Cold War, almost every nation was aligned with one side or the other, and they received military aid, economic aid, and lots of pressure from their patron, whether the US or the USSR, to do their part for the alliance. Some countries experienced terrible wars, particular the two Koreas and the two Vietnams. There were many smaller skirmishes, such as the Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.

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Rebecca DeKalb

Since it bordered the former Belgium Congo, it caught some of the violence that was going on there; the fight against white colonial rule.

Preventing a nuclear war

the russian federation

Joseph Stalins main goal after the war was to spread comunism

Boris Yeltsin made many reforums that helped Russia's economy

The USSR and the United States as chief victors over the Germans, Italians and Japanese soon found themselves in possession over entire landmasses across Eurasia, Africa and the Pacific. The Soviet Union, having borne the brunt of defeating Hitler found itself in control of most of Central and Eastern Europe. The West of which was controlled by the American led Allies. In Europe the Soviets occupied and controlled the East Germany, Austria, Poland and the Baltics, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Karelia of Eastern Finland. In Asia it included Manchuria, North Korea and the Japanese Kuril Islands.

it temporaily stopped spread of communism but it annoyed the soviets

Soviet Premier Khrushchev wanted to put nuclear weapons in Cuba, because the US had placed Nuclear weapons in West Germany, Greece, Turkey, Japan, and A few pacific islands.

He wanted to equalize the strategic advantage

The cold war actually began in the last years of World War 2 as it slowly became clear to the western nations (especially the United States) that the postwar interests of the communist USSR would probably be in conflict with their interests (especially under Stalin).

The main rival countries in the cold war were the US and the USSR.

There were many more than just two, but Korea and Vietnam were the largest and most serious of the Cold War 'skirmishes."

The U.S. gained international respect, raised citizen morale, doomed the Federalist Party, the removal of Indians and increased manufacturing capabilities.