cold war
The meaning of Cold in Cold War is simply that they call it the cold war because there was no fighting between the U.S's military and the Soviet millitary. Sometimes people will ask, "what if the cold war had turned hot?" that simply means "What would have happend if the U.S. and the U.S.S.R had actually fought each other?'
A-Bomb. No nukes, no cold war.
United States and South Vietnam
The Cold War; Vietnam was a "hot" battle of the cold war.
"cold as a witch's caress" -- very cold "cold as a witch's tit" -- very cold a "witch-hunt" -- an attempt to find and punish people who have opinions believed dangerous (e.g. McCarthy's witch-hunt for suspected Communists in America during the Cold War) Source: thefreedictionary.com
Departments of State, War, and the Treasury are some examples.
The cold wars followed after world world war 2 because, the war produced two super powers, The United States and The USSR. Both had their own beliefs and government and wanted their beliefs to be the ideal one for other country's. The largest factor of the cold war was democracy vs. communism. During the cold war the United States fought the USSR indirectly by using different country's Some examples of this are the Korean war and the Vietnam war.
The cold war started in 1945 after the World War II. The cold war was between Russia and some of the western countries. The existence of the nuclear weapons is what led to the development of the Cold war.
The term "hot war" should, and was intended to be used, only in conjunction with the term "cold war." Meaning that a "cold war" is a non-shooting war; and a "hot war" is a shooting war. Extra examples: 1. People die in "hot wars." 2. People do not die in "cold wars." (accidents don't count).
American Civil War & Vietnam War.
If you are truly interested in learning about the Cold War, go to the Cold War Veterans Association website at www.coldwarveterans.com. This site contains many interesting articles about the Cold War, as well as some useful links to other sites.