It was, instead, an extended competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, along with their respective allies. Unlike the two world wars, there were no physical battles between the major adversaries. I told her the Cold War was not an actual war.
After we discussed the various nations who fought in World Wars I and II, she asked: “Now, who fought in the Cold War?” “I am getting confused about all these wars we are studying,” one of my college students confessed to me years ago. In the Cold War, was there any actual war going on? Like, with armies? Or was it mostly about space? – Leia K., age 10, Redmond, Washington
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