what is cold war?

Question

it near world war 2 and isin history

Answer 1

It was a war between the United States of America and Russia.

Answer 2

The coldwar is refers to a period of political, economic and ideological conflict between East-particularly the USSR and the People's Republic of China-and West-mainly the Unites States and Western Europe. During four decades between the late 1940's and the late 1980's, the superpowers vied for influence over the so-called Third World. Although armed conflict did erupt in Korea, the Middle East and Viet Nam, the conflict was limited and the superpowers avoided facing each other directly on the battlefield. ...
By- Umashankar sharma

Answer 3

A cold war is an armed military confrontation where the gun barrels stay cold because shots are not actually bieng fired.

It is different from a ceasefire or standoff because those situations infer that a truce has settled in, whether one has been signed or not. But a cold war has no truce and is resolved by the defeat or anarchy of the loser.

Answer 4

cold war
n.
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.
A state of rivalry and tension between two factions, groups, or individuals that stops short of open, violent confrontation.
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From our Archives: Today's Highlights, October 22, 2005

At the height of the Cold War, the US discovered that Russia had been placing nuclear missiles in Cuba. On this date in 1962, President Kennedy announced the discovery of the installations and placed a naval "quarantine" (blockade) on Cuba to prevent the arrival of further Soviet shipments of military weapons. On Oct. 24, Russian ships carrying missiles to Cuba turned back, and when Nikita Khrushchev agreed on Oct. 28 to withdraw the missiles and dismantle the missile sites, the crisis was averted.

Answer 5

The rivalry between USA and USSR since the end of WW2 until the fall of communism in USSR. The cold war was no war in the usual meaning. Both power blocks built a hugh number of nuclear weapons. They balanced between total destruction and forced peace.

Answer 6

Cold War means there is no direct confrontation or battle. Only background disputes via silent threats and posturing. It's like a game of chess where you move all your pieces in place threatening the other person/team/country but don't actually start taking the opponents pieces away.

Answer 7

Cold war...is the opposite of hot war.

Usually when war is declared in the winter tempertures need to be below 32 degrees.

Wind chill factors can also increase the cold war. Cold wars can be prevented if both countries agree to wait until spring or summer when it is warmer.

Answer 8

A phony war between America, capitalism, & the USSR, communism. It was not an actual war but more like spying, threats, etc.

Answer 9

A war without physical violence, a war of words and treaties.

Answer 10

Its a war in treatment & words which cannot be seen but can be felt.It is a war withou physical violence.