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1 The Cold War

2 Cold War Definition: A state of competition, tension, and hostility between the United States and their allies (the West) and the Soviet Union and their allies (the East) between WWII and the early 1990’s No direct conflict on the battlefield.

3 Cold War Characteristics: Communism vs. Capitalism Massive conventional and nuclear arms race Spying and espionage Domestic hysteria in the United States Battles in the United Nations The Space Race Proxy War (A Proxy is a substitute)

4 Cold War Characteristics illustrations: Communism vs. Capitalism vs. Massive conventional and nuclear arms race Spying and espionage Domestic hysteria in the United States Battles in the United Nations The Space Race Proxy War (A Proxy is a substitute

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