““Since 1947, official American policy towards the Soviet Union had been one of containment short of war; but the same geostrategic principles did not necessarily prevail elsewhere. This soon became clear when conflict broke out into active military engagements in Asia in the late 1940s and early 50s; in Central America in the early 1950s; and in many African states in the following decades. Whether it was civil war, major campaigns against foreign states, guerrilla or tribal warfare, the Cold War remained a convenient shorthand expression for many of these military confrontations even though there was little that was ‘cold’ about them. Apart””
