. . . . . . . . "The Cold War was so named as it never involved military action, and since both sides possessed nuclear weapons, while also predicting their use would probably guarantee their mutual assured destruction. While the war had been maintained for several decades. It had officially ended in 1982 with the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between presidents Napoleon VI and Jimmy Carter, which noted the end of the threat of nuclear warfare and established the United States and France as dominant global powers."@en . . . . . . "Cold War (No Napoleon)"@en . . . "The Cold War was so named as it never involved military action, and since both sides possessed nuclear weapons, while also predicting their use would probably guarantee their mutual assured destruction. While the war had been maintained for several decades. It had officially ended in 1982 with the signing of the Treaty of Friendship between presidents Napoleon VI and Jimmy Carter, which noted the end of the threat of nuclear warfare and established the United States and France as dominant global powers."@en .