Cold War
Meaning and definitions of cold war
After the Second World War, there was a huge change in the power conference of the world.Before the war, Britain and France, which were considered to be the major nations of Europe, came into the second class nations. America and Russia emerged as major powers after the war. America and Russia cooperated with each other due to Germany's challenge during the war,but after the end of the war, competition broke out in both countries for world leadership. In order to strengthen their position in world politics. For this, America gave birth to various military alliances by joining its western nations. In response, Russia joined the communist countries of Eastern Europe and gave birth to 'Warsaw Pact'. Not only this,gradually many countries of Africa and Asia joined these military alliances. The competition between the US and Russia created an atmosphere of tension, which gave rise tothe Cold War.
Defining the Cold War, Hartmann wrote, "Cold War means that state of tension between nations in which one side is the other. tries to weaken and strengthen his position,but this is different from the situation of real war."
The Cold War is a type of war of words that is fought through newspapers, magazines,radio and propaganda tools. It is a propaganda war in which one superpower resortsto hate propaganda against the other. It is also a type of diplomatic warfare.According to Jawaharlal Nehru, “It is a war which is not fought in the battle field, but inthe mind of man and by this control is established on his thoughts.In fact, the Cold War is not a real war but an atmosphere of war. it's realis worse than war.
