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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.

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1 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

2 Cold War Characteristics Communism vs. Capitalism

3 Cold War Characteristics Massive conventional & nuclear arms race

4 Cold War Characteristics Spying and espionage

5 Cold War Characteristics Domestic hysteria in the United States

6 Cold War Characteristics Battles in the United Nations

7 Cold War Characteristics The space race

8 Cold War Characteristics Proxy wars

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