Because Quote by Stephen Kinzer

The Cold War was obviously driven by a very intense ideological struggle that was very clearly defined.

— Fiona Hill

The absence of a focal enemy, which is what the Cold War had provided; the complexity of the developments that are occurring that mean…

— Graham T. Allison

We had a world dominated by the Soviet Union on the one hand, and the Americans on the other hand. They called it the…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

At the end of the Cold War, the prevailing view in Washington was that the U.S. was strong, and Russia was weak and did…

— Bill Bradley

The United States emerged from the Cold War with unprecedented absolute and relative power. It was truly first among unequals.

— Richard N. Haass

Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to…

— Martin Jacques

"World War III, was the Cold War".

— R. James Woolsey, Jr

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and…

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

The organizing principle of the United States defensive foreign policy had been opposition to the Soviet Union. There is no more Soviet Union.

— Mark Shields

Few if any political philosophers have had the courage of tackling the Cold War. Even the best of them have kept silent or have…

— Mario Bunge

The U.S. might enjoy overwhelming military advantage, but its relative economic power, which in the long run is almost invariably decisive, is in decline.…

— Martin Jacques

The cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom; to rig…

— John le Carre