Cold war (general term)
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A cold war or cold warfare is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, propaganda, acts of espionage or proxy wars waged by surrogates. The surrogates are typically states that are "satellites" of the conflicting nations, i.e., nations allied to them or under their political influence. Opponents in a cold war will often provide economic or military aid, such as weapons, tactical support or military advisors, to lesser nations involved in conflicts with the opposing country.
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In popular culture
Films
- Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- James B. Harris' The Bedford Incident (1965)
- Michael Apted's Gorky Park (1983)
- Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983)
- John Milius' Red Dawn (1984)
- Walter Hill's Red Heat (1988)
- John Schlesinger's The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
- Richard Benjamin's Little Nikita (1988)
- John McTiernan's The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Clint Eastwood’s In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Ben Affleck's Argo (2012)
Literature
- Ian Fleming's From Russia, With Love
- Peter George's Red Alert (1958)
- Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler's Fail Safe (1962)
- John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963)
- John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974)
Television and video games
- The Pax Cybertronia from the stance of the Decepticons and Predacons in The Transformers and Beast Wars.
- The event succeeding the Great Galactic War in Star Wars: The Old Republic.
- A "temporal" cold war is a recurring plot element in Star Trek: Enterprise.
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