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Introduction to the Cold War. VS. “Miracle on Ice”. The Cold War. Definition: A state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after WW2. Extent of the Cold War. 1945 until collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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The Cold War • Definition: A state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the United States and the Soviet Union after WW2.
Extent of the Cold War • 1945 until collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. • Touched all the below conflicts/issues: • Nuclear Arms Race • Berlin Airlift/ Berlin Wall • Korean War • Bay of Pigs • U2 Crisis • Sputnik • Cuban Missile Crisis • Man on the Moon • Vietnam War • Afghanistan