Cold war

The Cold War was a political, economic and military struggle dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union.

In fact the Cold War took place between 1947-1991 in the political, economic and military struggle between the capitalist camp, dominated by the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and the socialist camp, dominated by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.

The Beginning

Major events; Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain speech

The Cold War began on 5 March 1946 with the Iron Curtain speech delivered by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at Fulton, USA. 12 March 1947 marked the beginning of the Cold War with the introduction of the Truman Doctrine in the USA, and the formation of the Warsaw Pact in 1955 marked the formation of the bipolar system. 1991 saw the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, signalling the failure of the Soviet model and the end of the bipolar system. The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union, signalled the failure of the Soviet model and the end of the Cold War, as well as the end of the bipolar pattern, for a total of 44 years. The United States becomes the world's only superpower and the world becomes "one superpower, many powers" in a multipolar process.

The United States and the Soviet Union, both "superpowers" at the time, fought for decades with their allies for world supremacy. During this period, despite serious differences and conflicts, both sides tried to avoid a large-scale worldwide war (World War III), and confrontation was usually conducted in a "cold" manner through local proxy wars, technological and arms races, space races, diplomatic rivalries, etc., i.e. "mutual containment without the use of force", hence the term "mutual containment". The confrontation was usually conducted in a "cold" manner, i.e. "mutual containment, no force", hence the term "Cold War".

The Cold War was characterised by a confrontation between two major military blocs, led by the United States and the Soviet Union. The rivalry between the two superpowers was the main source of the world's long-standing insecurity. The two military blocs were equally powerful and neither dared to use force easily to end the other's struggle for world supremacy with them. Both countries have stockpiled large numbers of nuclear warheads, mutually assured of each other's destruction. After the end of the Cold War coupled with the previous ordeals of the First World War and the Second World War, the peoples of the world yearned for peace and opposed war.

Social Impact

1. The Cold War brought about a prolonged confrontation and confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union, as well as between the East and the West, which hindered the development of global integration and caused the division of Germany and Korea, and led to local wars.

2. Under the circumstances of the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union were so evenly matched that both sides tried to avoid war, thus avoiding the outbreak of a new large-scale war in the last half century.

3. In their long coexistence, countries with

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