At the end of World War II, English writer George Orwell used cold war, as a general term, in his essay "You and the Atomic Bomb", published 19 October 1945 in the British newspaper Tribune. Contemplating a world living in the … See more

Russian Revolution
While most historians trace the origins of the Cold War to the period immediately following World War II, some argue that it began with the 1917 See more

The twin policies of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan led to billions in economic and military aid for Western Europe, Greece, and Turkey. With the US assistance, the … See more

The term new Cold War refers to the period of intensive reawakening of Cold War tensions and conflicts in the late 1970s and early … See more

The first phase of the Cold War began shortly after the end of World War II in 1945. The United States and its Western European allies sought to strengthen their bonds and used the … See more

Iron Curtain, Iran, Türkiye, Greece, and Poland
In late February 1946, George F. Kennan's "Long Telegram" from Moscow to Washington helped to articulate the US government's increasingly hard line against the Soviets, … See more

In the course of the 1960s and 1970s, Cold War participants struggled to adjust to a new, more complicated pattern of international … See more