Which statement displays the best description of the cold war? options: a: all of these b: democratic us and communist soviet union competed to support and defend their political ideologies globally between 1945-1991 c: a series of direct conflicts between the ussr and us during the 1970s d: a three year war waged in the north sea and arctic circle from 1956-1959 between the ussr and united states to determine who had legal claim to the north pole