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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union (and their respective Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc allies) that began in 1947 and lasted until 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no fighting on a large scale directly between the two superpowers, but each supported opposing sides in large regional conflicts known as proxy wars.
The conflict was based on the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers, following their roles as Allies in the Second World War that led to victory against the Axis Powers, led by Nazi Germany, in 1945. Beyond the arms race and conventional military deployment, the struggle for dominance was expressed indirectly, as psychological warfare, propaganda campaigns, espionage, economic sanctions, sports diplomacy and technological competitions, such as the Space Race.
The Cold War began with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947 (a foreign policy that promised support for democracies against authoritarian threats), began a gradual slowdown with the Sino-Soviet split in 1961, and ended with the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
The conflict was based on the ideological and geopolitical struggle for global influence by these two superpowers, following their roles as Allies in the Second World War that led to victory against the Axis Powers, led by Nazi Germany, in 1945. Beyond the arms race and conventional military deployment, the struggle for dominance was expressed indirectly, as psychological warfare, propaganda campaigns, espionage, economic sanctions, sports diplomacy and technological competitions, such as the Space Race.
The Cold War began with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947 (a foreign policy that promised support for democracies against authoritarian threats), began a gradual slowdown with the Sino-Soviet split in 1961, and ended with the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
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