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== Cold War == | == Cold War == | ||
* 1945-1991, between Communist Russia / Soviet Union and its allies and the U.S. and its allies | |||
* called a "cold" war because the USSR and the US never fought each other directly | |||
** "hot" wars erupted between either side and another ally, but never directly against one another | |||
* however, the threat of war was always present | |||
** especially nuclear war | |||
** see | |||
*** "arms race'" | |||
*** MAD theory | |||
== Korean War == | == Korean War == | ||