Sentence examples for terror the cold from inspiring English sources

COMPARED with the hydra-headed fight against terror, the cold war seems to have been deceptively easy.

In fact, for all its anxiety and terror, the cold war also produced the longest period of peace and stability between the great powers.

Much like the War on Terror, the Cold War and the fears and anxieties it inspired were used to justify a crackdown on political dissent under the guise of patriotism.

There was no "war on terror" and the cold war had reached an official end.

Anxiety about the environment has displaced the terror of the cold war, so here come eco-villages and green taxes.

Of late I've found the terror of the Cold War difficult to explain to those beneath the delicate age of, oh, maybe 25.

Joseph Smith and Simon Davis have captured the essence and madness of the "balance of terror" of the Cold War in the Historical Dictionary of the Cold War.

He said that in the war against terror, unlike the cold war, the government might not get the first warning of an attack.

What I found extraordinary about his piece was the ease with which he ties our recent madness — in Iraq and in the war on terror — to the Cold War era.

Yesterday he compared the war on terror to the Cold War struggle against communist repression, adding: 'The fundamental question is will we hold the line and uphold our values.' Bush, who yesterday arrived in France for a dinner with President Jacques Chirac before today's ceremony, was expected to be greeted by anti-war protests.

Again, it is fine to square up to the issue of Muslim commitment to national citizenship (one-third of British Muslims say they place their commitment to fellow Muslims before Britain) but to equate the war on terror with the cold war is outlandish.