Cold War

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The Cold War was a prolonged period of geopolitical tension and ideological rivalry between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies, spanning roughly from the late 1940s to the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical conflict
historical period
ideological conflict
characterizedBy espionage
mutually assured destruction
nuclear arms race
political propaganda
proxy wars
space race
endTime 1991
followed World War II
followedBy post–Cold War era
hasCause ideological rivalry between capitalism and communism
mutual distrust between United States and Soviet Union
power vacuum after World War II
hasCulturalImpact McCarthyism in the United States
militarization of science and technology
nuclear anxiety in popular culture
hasEconomicAspect arms expenditure
economic competition between capitalist and socialist systems
military–industrial complex
hasKeyConcept Iron Curtain
Third World
containment
domino theory
détente
non-alignment
hasKeyDocument Marshall Plan
NATO treaty
NSC-68
Truman Doctrine
Warsaw Pact
surface form: Warsaw Pact treaty
hasLocation Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
global
hasMainBelligerent Soviet Union
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasOutcome collapse of the Soviet Union
emergence of United States as sole superpower
end of bipolar world order
expansion of NATO
hasParticipant Eastern Bloc regimes
surface form: Eastern Bloc

France
NATO
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

United Kingdom
Warsaw Pact
NATO
surface form: Western Bloc
hasSignificantEvent Bay of Pigs Invasion
Berlin Airlift
Berlin Blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban Revolution
Helsinki Accords
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Korean War
Prague Spring
Reagan–Gorbachev summits
SALT I
SALT II
Soviet–Afghan War
Vietnam War
construction of the Berlin Wall
dissolution of the Soviet Union
fall of the Berlin Wall
startTime 1947

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Council of State timePeriod Cold War
subject surface form: Council of State (Romania)
Heinemann's Hot Rod era Cold War
Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste to Yugoslavia historicalEra Cold War
subject surface form: Zone B of the Free Territory of Trieste
Short Belfast era Cold War
Short SC.1 era Cold War
Short Seamew era Cold War
BAC activeDuring Cold War
subject surface form: British Aircraft Corporation
Dhofar Rebellion partOf Cold War
ROKAF conflict Cold War
Royal Air Force aircraft era Cold War
Gustavo Leigh era Cold War
Dragon era Cold War
subject surface form: Saab 35 Draken
Aero L-39 Albatros era Cold War
No. 18 Group RAF era Cold War
CBS News program See It Now historicalPeriod Cold War
subject surface form: See It Now
this entity surface form: Cold War era
Rolls-Royce Viper era Cold War
Fokker era Cold War
Anyanya historicalPeriod Cold War
this entity surface form: Cold War era
Anyanya Rebellion historicalPeriod Cold War
this entity surface form: Cold War era
RAF Bawdsey usedDuring Cold War
RAF Bawdsey conflict Cold War
Karup Air Base usedDuring Cold War
Ivy Mike relatedTo Cold War
Ivy Mike relatedTo Cold War
this entity surface form: United States–Soviet nuclear arms race
Solo settingPeriod Cold War
Solo literaryPeriod Cold War
this entity surface form: Cold War era
Thunder Point timePeriod Cold War
this entity surface form: Cold War era
50th Fighter Wing conflict Cold War
Parcham faction historicalEra Cold War
Volvo Flygmotor RM6C turbojet era Cold War
subject surface form: Volvo Flygmotor RM6C
PRL historicalEra Cold War
subject surface form: Polish People's Republic
XI(F) Squadron conflict Cold War
Venezuelan intelligence service DISIP activeDuring Cold War
subject surface form: Dirección de los Servicios de Inteligencia y Prevención (DISIP)
Zapata Plan partOf Cold War