Introduction What was the Cold War? -- Part I. The repercussions : Naming the unnamable -- Local translation ; Part II. The social : Cold War fantasy -- Politics of impression -- The truth-making campaign -- Between mobilization and participation ; Part III. The simultaneity : Social warfare -- "Expose enemies within our gates!" -- People's war at home -- Decolonization as recolonization ; Epilogue : The Cold War as social politics.