Cold War
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The Cold War was a military standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that began after the endof the Second World War. There was no direct fighting between the superpowers, but each country was involved in a number of proxy conflicts, most notably in Vietnam, Korea and Afhanistan. The Cold War was marked by a nuclear arms race between the two super-powers, and the unchecked proliferation of nuclear weapons was a cause for concern in many quarters
The Cold War ended in 1989 with the fall of the Soviet Union.