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A '''Cold War''' differs from a "hot war" or "shooting war".

A '''Cold War''' differs from a "hot war" or "shooting war".

The '''1947 - 1989 Cold War''', or '''Cold War I''' was a period of suspicion and distrust between the [[United States]] and its alliances and the [[Soviet Union]] and its more-or-less puppet allies after [[World War II]].<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/commentary/article/59591 CNSNews.com - U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground – Will Saddam Hussein Be Next? ]</ref> The [[Second World War]] ended in 1945 without a formal peace treaty and continued for many years without direct confrontation or a "shooting war" between the formerly allied victorious Soviet and Angelo-American powers.  

The '''1947 - 1989 Cold War''', or '''Cold War I''' was a period of suspicion and distrust between the [[United States]] and its alliances and the [[Soviet Union]] and its more-or-less puppet allies after [[World War II]].<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/commentary/article/59591 CNSNews.com - U.S. Honors Stalin on Hallowed Ground – Will Saddam Hussein Be Next? ]</ref> The [[Second World War]] ended in 1945 without a formal peace treaty and continued for many years without direct confrontation or a "shooting war" between the formerly allied victorious Soviet and [[Angelo-American powers]].  

In [[ideological]] terms, Cold War I persisted after 1945 due to the natural enmity between [[Communism]] and other forms of government that were said to respect [[the West]]'s understanding of [[democracy]] and [[human rights]]. Film critic Catherine de la Roche, "noted in 1955 that [[Hollywood]] and others believed that the Cold War was 'fundamentally a conflict between [[Christianity]] and [[atheism]] and that religion is therefore a strong weapon against Communism.'"<ref>[http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/362 Review of the book ''Religion and the Cold War'' by Dr Merrilyn Thomas University College London]</ref>  

In [[ideological]] terms, Cold War I persisted after 1945 due to the natural enmity between [[Communism]] and other forms of government that were said to respect [[the West]]'s understanding of [[democracy]] and [[human rights]]. Film critic Catherine de la Roche, "noted in 1955 that [[Hollywood]] and others believed that the Cold War was 'fundamentally a conflict between [[Christianity]] and [[atheism]] and that religion is therefore a strong weapon against Communism.'"<ref>[http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/362 Review of the book ''Religion and the Cold War'' by Dr Merrilyn Thomas University College London]</ref>