what do we mean by cold war?

Question

the cold war between the power groups america and russia during the year 1945

Answer 1

The Cold War era included massive build-up of the militaries and weapons in preparation for a possible war, which was believed to start based on the difference of opinion politically regarding the collective success of communism and individual successes of capitolism.
The Cold War did not start until after WW II was over, around 1947, most probably when writers started commenting in publications about the different stance that the two nations had taken since WW II was over, and coined the phrase.
Cold was possibly first implied to mean no heat from weaponry or battle, but a silent war of ideas.
Two high spots during this 'war of beliefs' were the struggles on what to do about Germany and the threat of the spread of communism throughout Europe, resulting in the Berlin Wall, as well as the Bay of Pigs failure by Kennedy which lead to the U.S.S.R. supporting the Cuban Missile Crisis so close to the land of the United States of America.

Answer 2

The Cold War (Russian: Холодная Война Kholodnaya Voina) was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between capitalism and communism, centering around the global superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, and their military alliance partners. It lasted from about 1947 to the period leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991. Between 1985 and 1991 Cold War rivalries first eased and then ended.

The global contest was popularly named The Cold War because open hostilities never occurred between the United States and the Soviet Union. Instead, the "war" took the form of an arms race involving nuclear and conventional weapons, networks of military alliances, economic warfare and trade embargos, propaganda, xenophobia, espionage, and proxy wars, especially those involving superpower support for opposing sides within civil wars. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was the most important direct confrontation, together with a series of confrontations over the Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Wall. The major civil wars polarized along Cold War lines were the Greek Civil War, Korean War, Vietnam War and the Soviet-Afghan War, along with more peripheral conflicts in Angola, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

The greatest fear during the Cold War was the risk it would escalate into a full nuclear exchange with hundreds of millions killed. Both sides developed a deterrence policy that prevented problems from escalating beyond limited localities. Nuclear weapons were never employed as weapons during the Cold War.

The Cold War cycled through a series of high and low tension years (the latter called Détente). It ended in the period between 1989 and 1991, with the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and later the Soviet Union. Historians continue to debate the causes in the 1940s, and the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Answer 3

The origins of the term "Cold War" are debated. The term was used hypothetically by George Orwell in 1945, though not in reference to the struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union, which had not yet been initiated. American politician Bernard Baruch began using the term in April 1947 but it first came into general use in September 1947 when journalist Walter Lippmann published a series of newspaper columns (and books) on United States-Soviet Union tensions entitled The Cold War.

Answer 4

A "hot war" would be the "usual kind", such as World Wars I and II.
The "cold war" that extended from 1945 until the dissolution of the USSR was an "undeclared war", one without battles between the armed forces of the USSR and the USA, though there were many "proxy wars" that were fought between allies of both parties, sometimes with one or the other of the major players (the USSR and the USA) on one side, sometimes both sides were "proxies" (i.e. stand-ins) for the major players.
Korea and Vietnam are two examples of the former, with the USA the major player involved, fighting a "proxy" that was being supplies and aided by the other major player. Afghanistan is an example of the USSR being the major player involved while the USA was supplying and aiding the other side (i.e. the Taliban, whom we are now "at war" with.
See the link below for a good explanation of the "proxy wars."
The "cold war" was a "battle" of differing ideologies, different systems of government and economics: capitalism versus communism. Naturally, capitalism won since it is based on humankind's desire to "get ahead", to become rich (i.e. greed). The system of government in the USSR was never "communism" as outlined by Marx and Engels. Actually it was much more totalitarian fascism, with the state being in complete control.
True communism will probably never succeed, owing to the fact that human nature tends to "look out for Number One", rather than to participate in a fair distribution of goods.

Answer 5

It was a war, but not a hot war with shooting. So if it's a war, but not hot, then it must be a Cold War.

Parts of the Cold War were hot, though. They were Korea, Vietnam, and maybe the Soviets in Afghanistan.

I guess they'd also say the Cold War was an ideological war between capitalism/democracy and communism.

Answer 6

A cold war was in place during the period of 1970 to 1990. During this period there were many crisis and the world lmost got destroyed by the Cuban crisis.
The meaning of cold war is a war of ideas, ideologies and many other things including aid.

Answer 7

the U.S.A. and, the U.S.S.R., had no political ties or, dialog with each other. they were cold towards each other.

Answer 8

Send email to Bush. he will give you right answer.

Answer 9

no actual fighting or bombs. war of ideas.

Answer 10

It was bascially the fight to be the best...in science, technology....everything.