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  1. Cold War - Wikipedia

    In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the …

  2. Cold War | Dates, Definition, Timeline, Summary, Era, & Facts - Britannica

    Apr 9, 2026 · The Cold War was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. It was waged on political, …

  3. Cold War: Summary, Combatants, Start & End | HISTORY

    Oct 27, 2009 · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension marked by competition and confrontation between communist nations led by the Soviet Union and Western democracies …

  4. The Cold War - JFK Library

    After World War II, the United States and its allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War.

  5. The Cold War | The Post War United States, 1945 to 1968 | U.S. History ...

    In the years after World War II, the rise of atomic weapons, along with competing political and economic ideologies from two global powers–the United States and the Soviet Union–set into motion an era of …

  6. The Cold War Timeline - History

    This post is a comprehensive timeline of the Cold War, from the origins of the Russian-American conflict following World War Two to the final dissolution of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall at …

  7. Cold War - New World Encyclopedia

    The Cold War was the protracted ideological, geopolitical, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported …

  8. Introduction to the Cold War (1945–1991) - Encyclopedia.com

    The Cold War was not a war in the traditional sense. It was a political, philosophical, and economic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) that spanned four decades and …

  9. Timeline of the Cold War - Wikipedia

    April 16: Bernard Baruch, in a speech given during the unveiling of his portrait in the South Carolina House of Representatives, coins the term "Cold War" to describe relations between the United …