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Question
Explain the following concept.
Cold War
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Solution
- America and the Soviet Russia, who were allies in the Second World War became competitors as soon as the war got over. The cooperation between them gave way to rivalry.
- This rivalry occupied a period of 40-45 years of international politics.
- There was no open war between these two countries; but there was such tension in their relations, that it seemed that a war would erupt any time.
- The concept of Cold War is used to describe the condition where there is no actual war, but there are such tensions in the circumstances, that they may be responsible to cause war.
- In this period, America was already a super power, but the Soviet Russia also tried to become a super power by making nuclear weapons and by increasing its military might.
- The struggle for power, arms race, differences in ideologies, attitude of checkmating each other by strategies and counter-strategies gave rise to the Cold War.
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