What does the term "cold war" refer to? a. an air battle b. a nuclear war c. a war of threats and fear d. a conventional war e. a war above the 45th parallel

C. A war of threats and fear

Explanation:

A cold war is a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.  The term Cold War was used to denote the state of hostility that existed between the Soviet bloc countries and the Western powers from 1945 to 1990.

anyone who was dealing with communism in soviet union in his time had an ideal picture of equality, freedom, the struggle of the working class for a better future, the success of the aristocracy's overthrow and the emancipation of subjugation.   however, anyone who would go to soviet union to see the functioning of the communist system, would be convinced that it was about sad people, about everyday bad life, about the brutal attitude of communist leaders, about ill obsession to completely exterminate every thought on aristocracy. thus, orwell wanted to show all the absurdity, the brutality of the system, the unbearable rule of suspicious morality, the ignorant people who try to play professionally.

the answers are: b. and e.