Two world wars had been fought within a 30-year period, and the human, economic, and environmental costs were devastating. In an attempt to prevent another world war, the United Nations was formed in 1945. ... As events of the Cold War evolved, bringing the world close to nuclear war, the shortcomings of the United Nations became of greater concern to the world community. ... As the Second World War ended, the Cold War began. The term Cold War refers to a period when serious political tension existed between the world's two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. ...

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