Political commentators often suggest that despite the tensions of the Cold War, the nearly 50-year chess game between the United States and the Soviet Union was a battle of propaganda and wits, but rarely one of direct confrontation. But how does that square with the Korean War? Does the Korean War call for us to reexamine our understanding of the "Cold War" and perhaps rename it?

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Political commentators often suggest that despite the tensions of the Cold War, the nearly 50-year chess game between the United States and the Soviet Union was a battle of propaganda and wits, but rarely one of direct confrontation.

But how does that square with the Korean War?

Does the Korean War call for us to reexamine our understanding of the "Cold War" and perhaps rename it?

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