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Geopolitical tension, 1945 to 1991
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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947 and lasted to 1991.
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How calamitous war in Iraq is still impacting the world 20 years on At the turn of the century, America had emerged victorious from the Cold War and stood unchallenged.Sky News - Published | |
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