At the conclusion of the WWII Germany was divided into 4 zones of occupation controlled by Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Berlin, the capital of Germany, was located in the Soviet controlled section of Germany. Lack of agreement and compromise with the Soviet Union concerning the unity of Germany led to the beginning of the . The term was first used by an American Financier Bernard Baruch in a congressional debate in 1947. A can be defined as a condition of tension and conflict short of an actual war as was t ....