Sometimes the Cold War enemies did engage in “shooting wars,” though almost always through surrogates. Only in the Korean War did the United States and its allies, oper… See more

The Greek Civil War, a two-stage contest in which Greek communists tried unsuccessfully to … See more

The Chinese Civil War pitted the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists under Mao Zedong in a struggle to control China. When the U.S. withdrew It… See more

Divided in two following World War II, Korea took centre stage of the Cold War when Soviet client state North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950. The UN, led by … See more

Applying the Domino Theory to communist North Vietnam’s effort to reunite the two Vietnams that had emerged from the Indochina Wars, the U.S. provided military aid to Sout… See more