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It was alled the cold war because it wasn't an actual war. Compared to a "hot" war (a standard war with actual conflict/battles) this "war" was "cold" because there wasn't any fighting. It was a world wide rivalry between the Soviet Union and the United States, but there wasn't any actual fighting
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