A short discussion about the meaning of the term “Cold War”.
This paper briefly examines the concept of “Cold War”. It asks the questions why it was called the cold war and whether it was a war at all.
“The Cold War really began during the Second World War, when talk of post-war treaties between the United States, Great Britain, and Russia were put on hold until the war ended. “From early in 1942 the American Government had repeatedly proclaimed the principle that no final decisions on matters of postwar frontiers or systems of government should be made until the end of the war” (Graebner 5).”
