Which of the following statements about ‘Cold War’ is/are correct?
- 1. It refers to the political and military rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 2. The Cold War also refers to the years between the Truman Doctrine and the Khrushchev Thaw.
- 3. The term refers to a certain kind of behaviour, characterized by superpower confrontation, unaccompanied by ideology.
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1 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
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UPSC CISF-AC-EXE – 2019
– Statement 2 is false: While the Truman Doctrine (1947) is often considered a starting point of the Cold War, the Khrushchev Thaw (mid-1950s) was a period of slightly improved relations and reduced repression within the Soviet Union and its bloc; it did not mark the end of the Cold War. The Cold War lasted until the early 1990s.
– Statement 3 is false: The Cold War was intensely ideological. It was a conflict between the capitalist-democratic system championed by the US and the communist system led by the USSR, in addition to being a superpower confrontation.