It is not only critique. There's much more in it. For example, there are lots of suggestions how to do it better, in many different aspects. This thing hasn't been written in an hour.
Mujahideen in Afghanistan or on the front lines of Korea or any of a dozen other proxy wars.
I do not count these as the Cold War.
Proxy wars have their special funding and maybe false motives, but they are hot wars. Real wars.
The Cold War consisted of threats. Piling up weapons, bombs, nukes, and counting and comparing who's got more of them. These threats were made mainly by politicians. Maybe I was wrong in saying they "fought" it.
Orange is a huuge disappointment.