CUET Preparation Today
Which of the following statements about the Cold War is incorrect? |
The United States and Soviet Union were engaged in direct wars. It triggered an arms race. It was an ideological war between the superpowers. It was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. |
The United States and Soviet Union were engaged in direct wars. |
Both sides have the capacity to retaliate against an attack and to cause so much destruction that neither can afford to initiate war. Thus, the Cold War — in spite of being an intense form of rivalry between great powers — remained a ‘cold’ and not hot or shooting war. The deterrence relationship prevents war but not the rivalry between powers. |
