The cold war
It is called Cold war to
ideological confrontation which took place during the 20th century
since 1945 (end of the second world war) until the end of the Soviet
Union (which occurred between the fall of the Berlin wall, 1989 and 1991
with the coup d ' état in the Soviet Union), between the blocks
occidental-capitalista led by United States, and oriental-comunista led
by the Soviet Union.
Map
of the world in cold war in 1980, in shades of red the allies of the
USSR and other countries Communist, and shades of blue NATO and its
capitalist allies; red dots mean Communist guerrillas and speckles anti-Communist guerrillas.
This
confrontation took place at the levels of political, ideological,
economic, social, technological, military, informative and even sports.
None of the two blocks never took direct action against the other, reason why it was called the "cold war" conflict.
These
two powers were limited to act as 'axes' influential power in the
international context and the economic and military cooperation with the
countries allies or satellites of one of the blocks against the other.
Although
these confrontations did not trigger a world war, the entity and the
severity of the economic, political and ideological conflicts that
pledged, marked significantly large part of the history of the second
half of the 20th century. The two superpowers certainly wished to establish his Government in the world model.
The
time limits of the confrontation are located between 1945 and 1947 (end
of the second world war and the post-war order, respectively) until
1985 (beginning of Perestroika) and 1991 (dissolution of the Soviet
Union).
Source: La Guerra Fría