- Competition
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Cold War Quotes
Words from a decades-long standoff.
This collection of cold war quotes traces how the rivalry between two superpowers spread far beyond Europe, shaping politics and public fear for generations. Compare it with modern great-power competition on our America quotes page.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Reaction
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, the '60s were a reaction to the '50s and the intensity of the Cold War.
- Energy
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
After the Cold War ended, there was an agreement between the former Soviet Union and America to convert weapons-grade nuclear materials into reactor-grade materials. So disarmament and nuclear energy actually are strongly linked.
- Only
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
During the Cold War, America took sides not only in disputes between Arab countries, but also in debates within them.
- Nov 07, 2020
Our Cuba policy didn't make much sense during the Cold War and makes even less sense now.
- Attempted
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
On March 11, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the Soviet Union, and within a few weeks the full-scale reformation he attempted to carry out both inside his country and in its cold war relations with the West, particularly the United States, began to unfold.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of the Cold War.
- Long
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The Cold War went on for so long that it bred a kind of worldwide military establishment. Even when budgets went down in the early and mid-nineties, it didn't really affect it.
- Jealousy
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The jealousy and resentment that animate the terrorists also affect many of our former cold war allies.
- First
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The United States emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented absolute and relative power. It was truly first among unequals.
- Nov 07, 2020
Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
To most people in the U.K., indeed throughout Western Europe, space exploration is primarily perceived as 'what NASA does'. This perception is - in many respects - a valid one. Superpower rivalry during the Cold War ramped up U.S. and Soviet space efforts to a scale that Western Europe had no motive to match.
- End
- |
- Nov 07, 2020