In 1947, advisor Bernard Baruch coined the term 'Cold War' to describe global tension
In 1947, influential presidential advisor Bernard Baruch used the phrase 'Cold War' during a speech, perfectly capturing the era of nuclear tension and ideological standoff that would last for decades.
While the world was still recovering from World War II, Bernard Baruch delivered a speech to the South Carolina House of Representatives on April 16, 1947. He warned that the United States was in the midst of a 'Cold War' with the Soviet Union, a term he used to describe a conflict without direct military action.
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