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The Cold War A state of competition, tension, and hostility between the United States and their allies (the West) and the Soviet Union and their allies.

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1 The Cold War 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

2 Cold War Characteristics Communism vs. Capitalism, them against us. Massive conventional and nuclear arms race. Spying and espionage Domestic hysteria in the United States, people thought communism was infiltrating the U.S. Battles were in the United Nations. The Space Race Proxy wars (Vietnam and Korea)

3 Communism vs. Capitalism

4 Massive Conventional and Nuclear Arms Race

5 Spying and Espionage

6 Domestic Hysteria

7 Battles In The United Nations

8 Space Race

9 Proxy wars

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