What does a cold war mean?

Tensions are continuing to escalate between Russia and the UK, with experts claiming another cold war could be on its way. read more

often Cold War A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. read more

Cold War. The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact. read more

A cold war is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. read more

Masuda Hajimu's Cold War Crucible is a unique and valuable contribution to the historiography of the Korean War--or more precisely, to the history of the Cold War and the Korean War's central place in the emergence of that global conflict. read more