Question Home

Position:Home>History> Where was the Cold War located?


Question: Where was the Cold War located!?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The Cold War was a global struggle between the West and East!. There were "hot" proxy wars fought in China, Afhganistan, Pakistan, India, Korea, Vietnam, the Balkans, Laos, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Venezuela, and Iran!. The "cold" incidents include the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Apollo Program, Sputnik, and probably a million other near-disasters we don't know about!.

In short the Cold War happened on Earth!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The Cold War was the period of conflict, tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s!. Throughout this period, the rivalry between the two superpowers unfolded in multiple arenas: military coalitions; ideology, psychology, and espionage; sports; military, industrial, and technological developments, including the space race; costly defense spending; a massive conventional and nuclear arms race; and many proxy wars!.

There was never a direct military engagement between the US and the Soviet Union, but there was half a century of military buildup as well as political battles for support around the world, including significant involvement of allied and satellite nations in proxy warsWww@QuestionHome@Com