Cold War
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The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for
Mystery Article 2
The Cold War was a prolonged period of geopolitical tension between the United States and its Western allies, and the Soviet Union and its satellite states, lasting roughly from the end of World War II in 1945 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. Though it never escalated into direct large‑scale armed conflict between the two superpowers, it featured intense rivalry manifested through nuclear arms races, proxy wars, espionage, ideological competition, and massive economic and technological competition such