Cold War

The Cold War was a period of global history and a series of wars. It began in the fallout of World War II in 1945, and ended on December 26, 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved.

The Cold War was a state of geopolitical and ideological tension between the capitalist West (mainly the United States of America) and the communist East (mainly the Soviet Union and China).

Aside from the wars, it had many other factors, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Nuclear Arms Race, and the Space Race.

List of wars

 * Korean War (1950-1953)
 * Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961)
 * Vietnam War (1955-1975)
 * Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)