...it in the light of emerging needs. It was of course Yalta, and the events leading up to Yalta, which largely ushered in the Cold War. A convenient definition...political, and limited military action — short of total war."26 Because of the advent of nuclear weapons, it no longer seemed feasible to engage in total war,...

...following World War II. They also wished to avoid commitment to either side in the Cold War, the rivalry between the Communist nations, led by the Soviet Union,...and the Western nations, led by the United States. The city's conference facilities have since been modernized and greatly expanded, and Indonesia has...

...Kennedy in 1963. President Johnson continued to follow the strategies of the Cold War (the rivalry between the Communist nations, led by the Soviet Union, and the Western world, led by the United States) of his predecessors. Johnson argued publicly that Vietnam was like...