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Cold war

noun

A state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare. Antonym: hot war.

A state of political hostility that existed from 1945 until 1990 between countries led by the Soviet Union and countries led by the United States.

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"Cold war" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the cold war has been a victory for all humanity. A year and a half ago, in Germany, I said our goal was a Europe whole and free. Tonight, Germany is united. Europe has become whole and free, and America's leadership was instrumental in ...

— State of the Union Addresses of George H.W. Bush • George H.W. Bush

... 1989 through August 1992 under President George H. W. Bush. During his tenure at the State Department, Mr. Baker traveled to 90 foreign countries as the United States confronted the unprecedented challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Mr. Baker's reflections on those years of revolution, war, and peace—The Politics of Diplomacy—was ...

— The Iraq Study Group Report • United States Institute for Peace

... Chinese Government of any complicity. We save face for them, and they save face for us. Since he turned up here, in the States, it's obvious that he couldn't have been in China." He chuckled, but there was no mirth in it. "So the cold war still continues. We know what they did, and—in a way—they know what we did. But not ...

— What The Left Hand Was Doing • Gordon Randall Garrett