Cold War
Cold War : Describes a condition of hostile encounter between two states or alliances which falls just short 'hot war' or direct violent conflict. It is mostly used to name the conflict between the US and USSR from roughly 1946 to 1989. Though the two superpowers did not apparently fight one another directly, they often fought by proxy. Because it is historically unusual for two preeminent powers not to wage war against each other, some commentators also refer to the Cold War as a 'long peace