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== ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸਤਾਵਾਂ ==
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[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Vietcong.jpg|thumb|right|[[Viet Cong]] casualties during the [[Vietnam War]]. After the balance of power in Europe was firmly established, proxy battles in the Third World became an arena of superpower competition.]]
ਅਜਿਹਾ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਸ਼ੀਤ ਯੁੱਧ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਦੂਜੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਜੰਗ ਬਾਅਦ ਦੇ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਏ ਤਨਾਅ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਹੋਈ ਅਤੇ 1991 ਵਿੱਚ ਸੋਵੀਅਤ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਟੁੱਟਣ ਦੇ ਕਾਲ ਦੋਰਾਨ ਤੱਕ ਚਲਦੀ ਰਹੀ। Korean war, Hungarian Revolution, Bay of pigs invasion ਅਤੇ Cuban Missile crisis, Vietnam War, The Afghan war ਅਤੇ ਇਰਾਨ (1953), ਗਵਾਟੇਮਾਲਾ (1954) ਵਿੱਚ CIA ਤੋਂ ਸਹਾਇਤਾ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਫੌਜੀ ਤਖਤਾ ਪਲਟ ਤਾਕਤਾਂ, Angola ਅਤੇ El Salvador ਵਿੱਚਲੇ ਚਲਦੇ ਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਯੁੱਧ ਆਦਿ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਕੁੱਝ ਮੋਕੇ ਸਨ ਜਿਸਨੇ ਸ਼ੀਤ ਯੁੱਧ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਬੰਧਿਤ ਅਜਿਹੇ ਕੁੱਝ ਤਨਾਵਾਂ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਹਥਿਆਰ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ ਦਾ ਰੂਪ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
In the [[1970s]], the Cold War gave way to [[détente]] and a more complicated pattern of international relations in which the world was no longer split into two clearly opposed blocs. Less powerful countries had more room to assert their independence, and the two superpowers were partially able to recognize their common interest in trying to check the further spread and proliferation of nuclear weapons (''see'' [[SALT I]], [[SALT II]], [[Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty]]). U.S.-Soviet relations would deteriorate once again in the late 1970s and early [[1980s]], but improved as the Soviet bloc started to unravel in the late 1980s. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia lost the superpower status that it had won in the Second World War.
[[ਤਸਵੀਰ:Berlinwall.jpg|thumb|right|A section of the now-defunct [[Berlin Wall]], a symbol of the Cold War-era division of Europe.]]
In the strategic conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union a major arena was the [[strategy of technology]] (see also [[deterrence theory]]). It also involved covert conflict through acts of [[espionage]]. Beyond the actual killing of intelligence service personnel, the Cold War was heavily manifest in the concerns about [[nuclear weapon]]s. It was questioned as to if they were being mass produced and whether wars could really be deterred by the mere existence of nuclear weapons. Another manifestation was in the propaganda wars between the United States and the USSR. Indeed, it was far from certain that a global [[nuclear war]] would not result from smaller regional wars, which heightened the level of concern for each conflict. This tension shaped the lives of people around the world almost as much as the actual fighting did.
One major hotspot of conflict was [[Germany]], particularly the city of [[Berlin]]. Arguably, the most vivid symbol of the Cold War was the [[Berlin Wall]]. The Wall isolated [[West Berlin]] (the portion of the city controlled by [[West Germany]] and the Allies) from [[East Berlin]] and the territory of [[East Germany]], which completely surrounded it. In practical terms, the [[Fulda Gap]] as the main land attack route into Western Europe for the Warsaw Pact, was an area of constant tension.
The Korean peninsula remains a hotspot. The states [[North Korea]] and [[South Korea]] (and her allies) also technically remain at war because although a truce is in effect, no formal peace treaty was ever signed. As a result, tension still remains high on the Korean peninsula.
== ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੌੜ ==
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