Or they tried to make each other look foolish.
They threatened and denounced each other. They played havoc with conflicts in different parts of the world. So, instead, they fought each other indirectly. In such a "hot war," nuclear weapons might destroy everything. The Cold war got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. The main Cold War enemies were the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War was the most important political and diplomatic issue of the later half of the 20th Century. By another account, the Cold War began in 1917 with the Bolshevik Revolution, and ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, having been a conflict between Bolshevism and Democracy. By one reckoning, the Cold War began in the 1945-1948 timeframe, and ended in 1989, having been a dispute over the division of Europe. Dating the end of the Cold War requires dating its beginning, which requires defining what it was about.
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