the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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These are very different entities than NPR and PBS—some have roots in the counter-propaganda operations of the Second World War and the Cold War, and all of them are still seen as tools of U.S. soft power—but they are designed to be editorially independent, and often do produce good journalism.
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
The new targets are assigned by NATO based on a blueprint agreed upon in 2023 — the military organization’s biggest planning shakeup since the Cold War — to defend its territory from an attack by Russia or another major adversary.
—Lorne Cook, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
The review also addresses the shrinking British Army, which now has just over 70,000 combat-ready soldiers — less than half its strength at the end of the Cold War.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 4 June 2025
The Air Force started a program to develop reactors for nuclear thermal rockets at the height of the Cold War.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 3, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
The new targets are assigned by NATO based on a blueprint agreed upon in 2023 — the military organization’s biggest planning shakeup since the Cold War — to defend its territory from an attack by Russia or another major adversary.
—Lorne Cook, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
The review also addresses the shrinking British Army, which now has just over 70,000 combat-ready soldiers — less than half its strength at the end of the Cold War.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 4 June 2025
The Air Force started a program to develop reactors for nuclear thermal rockets at the height of the Cold War.
—Stephen Clark – Jun 3, ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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