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Cold War

The Cold War, often dated from 1947 to 1991, was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc, dominated by the United States with NATO among its allies, and powers in the Eastern Bloc, dominated by the Soviet Union along with the Warsaw Pact.

Black and white photograph of US tanks at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961
Cold War

End of World War II (1945–47)

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Beginnings of the Cold War (1947–53)

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Crisis and escalation (1953–62)

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Confrontation through détente (1962–79)

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"Second Cold War" (1979–85)

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Final years (1985–91)

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