Cold War (disambiguation)

The Cold War (c. 1947 – 1991) was a protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Cold War may also refer to:

Geopolitical

• Cold war (general term), a geopolitical situation, the kind of which describes the aforementioned struggle
• Any of the individual periods of the Cold War
  • Cold War (1947–53), immediately following World War II, in the era of the Truman Doctrine; key events include the Korean War
  • Cold War (1953–62), during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and following the death of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin; key events include the Cuban missile crisis
  • Cold War (1962–79), during the administrations of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter; key events include the Vietnam War and the period of détente from 1969 to the late 1970s
  • Cold War (1979–85), specifically in the era of the Reagan Doctrine; previously referred to as the Second Cold War; key events include the Soviet war in Afghanistan
  • Cold War (1985–91), during the administrations of Reagan and Bush '41; key events include the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the failed 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
• Cold War II, the renewed tensions between the West, particularly the United States and European Union, and the Russian Federation

Film and television

• "Cold War" (1951 film), starring Goofy
• Cold War (TV series), 1998 documentary series about the Cold War
• "Cold War" (Code Lyoko episode)
• "Cold War" (Doctor Who episode)
• Temporal Cold War, conflict waged in the Star Trek universe
• Cold War (film), a 2012 film

Gaming

• Cold War (Star Wars), the conflict between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic
• Cold War (video game), a computer game developed by Mindware Studios
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War, an XBLA game developed by Signal Studios

Music

• Cold War (band), an American hardcore punk band
• "Cold War" (song), a song by Janelle Monáe
• "Cold War", a song by Death from Above 1979 from the album You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
• "Cold War", a song by Devo from the album Freedom of Choice
• "Cold War", a song by Funker Vogt from the album Maschine Zeit
• "Cold War", a song by Styx from the album Kilroy Was Here

Other

• Cold War (ice hockey), an outdoor ice hockey game played in 2001
  • The Big Chill at the Big House (Cold War II), a game involving the same two teams as the first Cold War game
• Cold War (short story), a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke