2007-01-20 05:27:45 · 5 answers · asked by kcbrown1979 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
A "Cold" war as opposed to a normal or "Hot" war, is simply a war in which there is no fighting. The Cold war was a battle of defenses, nuclear preparedness, and a high level of diplomatic activity. It was definitely a war, although not in the conventional sense.
2007-01-20 05:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by Trekker81 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1947 the term "Cold War" was introduced by Americans Bernard Baruch and Walter Lippmann to describe emerging tensions between the two former wartime allies.
It was a type of war, but not as much in the context of violence that we think of.
It was more of a battle of the wills.
2007-01-20 13:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The term was coined by analogy with the "Phoney War" that period of World War Two when Germany was at war with Britain and France but fighting on land had not yet broken out in Western Europe.
2007-01-20 13:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by CanProf 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not in the classical sense of the word. Thats why it was called a "cold war".....it was a war of ideals....communism vs. democracy (some would say capitolism)....to me, cold refers to the fact that it was ideas that warred, not people who fought.
2007-01-20 13:34:04 · answer #4 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was no 'direct' confrontation between the USSR/soviet bloc/Warsar Pact and the US/NATO, therefore no 'hot' bullets and explosions between the two superpowers. There were, however, proxy wars (Korea/Vietnam), brinksmanship, sabre rattling, and nuclear showdown (Cuban missile crisis)...therefore it can be said the Cold War was 'indirect' confrontation.
2007-01-20 16:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋