The Cold War (c. 1945-1990) was the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between groups of nations practicing different ideologies and political systems. On one side were the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) and its allies, often referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the United States and its allies, usually referred to as the Western bloc.

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C Cold War equipment Cold War films Cold War military aircraft Cold War people

U U.S. history of anti-Communism U.S. nuclear history W Cold War weapons

Articles in category "Cold War"

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Aktuelle Kamera Alliance for Progress American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia B Balance of terror Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Bamboo Curtain Berlin Blockade Berlin Wall East Berlin West Berlin Bomarc Missile Program C Canada in the Cold War Chagan (nuclear test) Checkpoint Charlie Cold War Cold War (1947-1953) and its origins Cold War (1953-1962) Cold War (1962-1991) Cold warrior Containment Crazy Ivan Cuban Missile Crisis D Deterrence theory Domino theory

D cont. Doomsday clock Duck and Cover (film) Détente E East Germany Essence of Decision Evil empire F Fallout shelter Farewell Dossier First MiG behind the Iron Curtain Fortress North America G Ghost station H House Committee on Un-American Activities I Ich bin ein Berliner Iron Curtain J Joe 1 Joe 4 K Kitchen Debate M McCarran-Walter Act Mutual Defense Assistance Act N NSC-68 National Committee for a Free Europe Nuclear utilization target selection O Ostpolitik P Peace Corps Peace Race

P cont. Prague Spring R RDS-37 Radio Free Europe Raisin bombers Reagan Doctrine Red Storm Rising Rollback Russian Woodpecker S SALT I Schiessbefehl Solidarity Soviet atomic bomb project Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Space Race Sputnik crisis Spy satellite Strategic Defense Initiative Strategy of technology U U-2 Crisis of 1960 V Voice of Russia Y Sahabzada Yaqub Khan People's Democratic Republic of Yemen Z Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq