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“American time has
stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern
history, especially of the history of Europe.” Harold
Rosenberg
Modern History
Cold
War (1946-1990)
The Cold War was the state
of conflict, tension and competition that existed
between the
United States and the
Soviet Union and their respective allies from the
mid-1940s to the early 1990s. Throughout this period,
rivalry between the two
superpowers was expressed through military
coalitions,
propaganda,
espionage,
weapons development, industrial advances, and
competitive
technological development, which included the
space race. Both superpowers engaged in costly
defense spending, a massive
conventional and
nuclear
arms race, and numerous
proxy wars. ...The four decades of the Cold War
incurred a tremendous cost; military expenditures by the
US in this period is estimated to have been $8 trillion,
and nearly 100,000 Americans lost their lives in Korea
and Vietnam. Source:
Wikipedia
