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Encyclopedia > Cold warrior

Cold warrior is a phrase used to describe the men and women involved in the shaping and executing of American and Soviet policy during the Cold War. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ... The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their alliance partners. ...


Since the end of the Cold War, the term has sometimes been used pejoratively to imply that a person's views are obsolete. For example, a politician who is unfriendly to a Communist state might be labeled a cold warrior and accused by his or her critics for viewing the world in terms of Communist and non-Communist states and treating a potential trading partner as an enemy. Alternatively, a general who advocates missile defense might be called a cold warrior and attacked by his critics for not focusing on anti-terrorist measures instead. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Missile Defense is a term referring to systems, weapon programs, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. ...


Cold warriors include both shapers of the Cold War and those who oversaw the decline of the Soviet Union. Notable figures include: For overview see Cold War // Tsarist Russia and the West A few scholars have traced the origins of the East-West conflict well before the Bolshevik Revolution. ... // The Third World and nonalignment in the 1960s and 1970s Decolonization The economic needs of the Third World states made them vulnerable to foreign influences and pressures. ...


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On rare occasions, a cold iron warrior will suppress his disgust to work with one fey faction against another, to most effectively kill fey, but these relationships rarely last long and the cold iron warrior often turns on his fey sponsors.
If the cold iron warrior accidentally smites a creature that is not a fey, the smite has no effect, but the ability is still used up for that day.
Cold warrior - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (181 words)
Cold warrior is a phrase used to describe the men and women involved in the shaping and executing of American and Soviet policy during the Cold War.
For example, a politician who is unfriendly to a Communist state might be labeled a cold warrior and accused by his or her critics for viewing the world in terms of Communist and non-Communist states and treating a potential trading partner as an enemy.
Alternatively, a general who advocates missile defense might be called a cold warrior and attacked by his critics for not focusing on anti-terrorist measures instead.
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