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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D67 Command Building era Cold War
secessionist State of Katanga timePeriod Cold War
subject surface form: Secessionist State of Katanga
Ulana Khomyuk in Chernobyl timePeriod Cold War
subject surface form: Ulana Khomyuk
Van Vien era Cold War
subject surface form: Cao Van Vien
Admiral Bernard A. Clarey conflict Cold War
subject surface form: Bernard A. Clarey
319th Bombardment Wing era Cold War
Mitchell Air Force Base era Cold War
former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin conflict Cold War
subject surface form: Former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin
G3A3 era Cold War
Magnum ELINT satellite (reported) era Cold War
subject surface form: Magnum ELINT satellite
LGM-118A conflict Cold War
subject surface form: LGM-118A Peacekeeper
OKB-456 era Cold War
USS Wasp conflict Cold War
subject surface form: USS Wasp (CV-18)
Act of Free Choice timePeriod Cold War
Israeli Magach tanks era Cold War
RB199-34R Mk 101 era Cold War
Fort Sherman usedDuring Cold War
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe (dual-hatted historically or in some periods) historicalPeriod Cold War
subject surface form: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
Escambray Rebellion partOf Cold War
Douglas AC-47 Spooky era Cold War
L11A5 120 mm tank gun era Cold War
FV510 Warrior era Cold War
Saurer 4K 4FA era Cold War
CFB Goose Bay usedDuring Cold War
Citizens' Militia timePeriod Cold War
M901 ITV era Cold War
MPHO usedDuring Cold War
subject surface form: Howard Air Force Base
Howard Field conflict Cold War
Martin P5M Marlin flying boat era Cold War
subject surface form: Martin P5M Marlin
24th Wing conflict Cold War
RAF Kenley era Cold War
Larne, County Antrim, Ireland usedDuring Cold War
subject surface form: Larne
People's Assembly historicalEra Cold War
subject surface form: People's Assembly (Albania)