The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist …

Dec 19, 2025 · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. It was waged on …

During World War II, despite mutual suspicion and distrust, the United States and Great Britain joined the Soviet Union in an effort to defeat their common enemy, Nazi Germany. The …

Oct 27, 2009 · The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for decades and resulted in anti-communist...

In the years after World War II the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an era of competition and mistrust known today as the Cold War.

Mar 10, 2025 · The Cold War was a pivotal period in global history, spanning approximately from the end of World War II in 1945 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. This article …

What was the Cold War? The Cold War was a period of chronic hostility that existed between the Eastern Bloc (the USSR and its allies) and the Western Bloc (the United States of America, …

This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies, South …

The United States was not the only leading power on the world stage after the end of World War II; it had a new competitor for this power in the Soviet Union. Tensions between the former …

Introduction to the Cold War (1945–1991)The Cold War was not a war in the traditional sense. It was a political, philosophical, and economic conflict between the United States and the Soviet …