the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (Netflix), 621
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall, which divided the city from 1961 until 1989, stands as a symbol of the Cold War era when Berlin was separated into eastern and western parts.
—Sophia Compton, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
In Greenbrier County, this secrecy runs deeper than the Cold War.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
Whereas former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger courted communist China during the Cold War by offering Beijing a normalization of ties with the United States, U.S. officials cannot extend a deal of that sort to either Moscow or Beijing at this point.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
And yet even after the Cold War came to an end, the belief in the causality between poor posture and future ill health remained largely unquestioned .
—Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Communism had fallen, the Cold War had ended and nations around the world were opening up and integrating.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Most of these states fought against colonialism (and, in some cases, U.S. interventions) and cooperated in the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, coalitions that brought developing countries together during the Cold War.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Over the years, Tokyo has shifted its military focus away from northern Japan, where the Cold War threat was a Soviet land invasion, to its southwest islands.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall, which divided the city from 1961 until 1989, stands as a symbol of the Cold War era when Berlin was separated into eastern and western parts.
—Sophia Compton, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
In Greenbrier County, this secrecy runs deeper than the Cold War.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2024
Whereas former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger courted communist China during the Cold War by offering Beijing a normalization of ties with the United States, U.S. officials cannot extend a deal of that sort to either Moscow or Beijing at this point.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2024
And yet even after the Cold War came to an end, the belief in the causality between poor posture and future ill health remained largely unquestioned .
—Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
Communism had fallen, the Cold War had ended and nations around the world were opening up and integrating.
—Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Most of these states fought against colonialism (and, in some cases, U.S. interventions) and cooperated in the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, coalitions that brought developing countries together during the Cold War.
—Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
Over the years, Tokyo has shifted its military focus away from northern Japan, where the Cold War threat was a Soviet land invasion, to its southwest islands.
—Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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