History GCSE
Cultural Cold War
What Cultural Cold War means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Cultural Cold War
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Cold War rivalry extended beyond politics and military into culture and sport, shown by the US-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Topics that use Cultural Cold War
- Option P4: Key topic 3: The end of the Cold War, 1970–91 - 2 The end of détente and the ‘Second Cold War’ (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Arms race
- Carter Doctrine
- Diplomacy
- INF Treaty
- Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI)
- Summit meetings
- The end of détente
- Evil empire
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