The History of the Cold War

2. The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
3. A situation in which nations of the world have roughly equal power.
4. A term used by Winston Churchill to describe the dividing line between Western democracies and Eastern Communist countries during the Cold War.
6. An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
7. A war instigated by a major power that does not itself become involved.
9. A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.
10. Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
11. The practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities of a foreign government or a competing company.
13. A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned, and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.

1. Systems of ideas and ideals, especially ones that form the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
2. The profession, activity, or skill of managing international relations, typically by a country's representatives abroad.
5. The discipline that studies the political and economic patterns of the world.
6. The state of political hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the US-led Western powers from 1945 to 1990.
8. A very powerful and influential nation, especially a nuclear-armed one.
12. Relating to the nucleus of an atom; weapons that derive destructive force from nuclear reactions.