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May 17, 2024 · proxy war, a military conflict in which one or more third parties directly or indirectly support one or more state or nonstate combatants in an effort to influence the conflict’s outcome and thereby to advance their own strategic interests or to undermine those of their opponents.
2 days ago · 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, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union. The term cold war is used because there was no large-scale fighting ...
5 days ago · A proxy war is a type of conflict where two or more powers, often major nations or superpowers, use third-party states or non-state actors to fight on their behalf, rather than engaging in direct military confrontation.
May 19, 2024 · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. It was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons. The term was first used by writer George Orwell.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 6, 2024 · Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of the Cold War that brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of a shooting war in October 1962 over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba. The crisis was a defining moment in the presidency of John F. Kennedy.
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15 hours ago · This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
May 3, 2024 · The Korean War began as a civil war that evolved into an international proxy war. Both Koreas fought with the support and cooperation of outside world superpowers: China sent 3 million “volunteers” to help the Korean People’s Army (KPA) during the war.