A state of competition, tension, and hostility between the U.S. and their allies (the West) and the Soviet Union and their allies (the East) between WWII.

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A state of competition, tension, and hostility between the U.S. and their allies (the West) and the Soviet Union and their allies (the East) between WWII and the early 1990s No direct conflict on the battlefield

Cold War Characteristics Communism vs. Capitalism

Cold War Characteristics Massive conventional & nuclear arms race

Cold War Characteristics Spying and espionage

Cold War Characteristics Domestic hysteria in the United States

Cold War Characteristics Battles in the United Nations

Cold War Characteristics The space race

Cold War Characteristics Proxy wars

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