Cold Cola War 28 March 2008, Cervera de los Montes A4 (29,7 x 21,0 cm) Acrylic color, watercolor, pencil, color pencil, felt-tip pen and sticker on paper i Cola is a sweet, carbonated drink usually with caramel coloring and containing caffeine The Cold War was the period of conflict, tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Throughout the period, the rivalry between the two superpowers was played out in multiple arenas: military coalitions; ideology, psychology, and espionage; sports; military, industrial, and technological developments, including the space race; costly defense spending; a massive conventional and nuclear arms race; and many proxy wars. Private collection, Helsinki. 503 / 779