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Examine in brief the rise and fall of the Cold War.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 15 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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The Cold War (1947–1991) was a strategic and ideological rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union in which the principals never fought each other directly. Bernard Baruch applied the term in April 1947 and Walter Lippmann popularised it. Its rise is best read as a security dilemma hardened by ideology, and its fall…

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  • The rise: from wartime partners to two camps
  • Oscillation and globalisation
  • The fall: one side stops competing
  • Conclusion
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