Effect of the Cold War thumb|right|Fall and demolition of the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie (1990) The Cold War (1947–1991) provided a global network of material and ideological support that often helped perpetuate civil wars, which were mainly fought in weak ex-colonial states rather than the relatively strong states that were aligned with the Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Effect of the Cold War thumb|right|Fall and demolition of the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie (1990) The Cold War (1947–1991) provided a global network of material and ideological support that often helped perpetuate civil wars which were mainly fought in weak ex-colonial states rather than the relatively strong states that were aligned with the Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic Treaty Organization