Cold War (disambiguation)
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The Cold War (c. 1947 – 1991) was a protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold War may also refer to:
Geopolitical[edit]
- Cold war (general term), a geopolitical situation, the kind of which describes the aforementioned struggle
- Any of the individual periods of the Cold War
- Cold War (1947–1953), immediately following World War II, in the era of the Truman Doctrine; key events include the Korean War (Cold War period)
- Cold War (1953–1962), during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and following the death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin; key events include the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Cold War (1962–1979), during the administrations of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter; key events include the Vietnam War and the period of détente from 1969 to the late 1970s
- Cold War (1979–1985), specifically in the era of the Reagan Doctrine; previously referred to as the Second Cold War; key events include the Soviet war in Afghanistan
- Cold War (1985–1991), during the administrations of Reagan and Bush '41; key events include the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the failed 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
- Cold War II, the renewed tensions between the West, particularly the US and EU, and the Russian Federation and People's Republic of China
- Middle Eastern Cold War (disambiguation), numerous proxy warfares in the Middle East
Film and television[edit]
- "Cold War" (1951 film), starring Goofy
- Cold War (TV series), 1998 documentary series about the Cold War
- "Cold War" (Code Lyoko episode)
- "Cold War" (Doctor Who episode)
- Temporal Cold War, conflict waged in the Star Trek universe
- Cold War (2012 film), a 2012 Hong Kong police thriller film
- Cold War (2018 film), a Polish film by Pawel Pawlikowski
Gaming[edit]
- Cold War (Star Wars), the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Cold War (video game), a computer game developed by Mindware Studios
- Toy Soldiers: Cold War, an XBLA game developed by Signal Studios
Music[edit]
- Cold War (band), an American hardcore punk band
- "Cold War" (song), a song by Janelle Monáe
- "Cold War", a song by Death from Above 1979 from the album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
- "Cold War", a song by Devo from the album Freedom of Choice
- "Cold War", a song by Funker Vogt from the album Maschine Zeit
- "Cold War", a song by American metalcore band Myka Relocate from the album Lies to Light the Way
- "Cold War", a song by Styx from the album Kilroy Was Here
Other[edit]
- Cold War (ice hockey), an outdoor ice hockey game played in 2001
- The Big Chill at the Big House (Cold War II), a game involving the same two teams as the first Cold War game
- Cold War (short story), a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke
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