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A post-war period is the interval immediately following the beginning of a war
War

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 and enduring as long as war does not resume. A post-war period can become an interwar period
Interwar period

The interwar period is understood, within recent Western culture, to be the period between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War....
 or interbellum when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (e.g. the period between World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
). By contrast, a post-war period marks the cessation of conflict entirely.

In Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
 usage, the post-war era is the period of time since the end of World War II, even though many nations involved in the Second World War have been involved in multiple wars since.






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A post-war period is the interval immediately following the beginning of a war
War

...
 and enduring as long as war does not resume. A post-war period can become an interwar period
Interwar period

The interwar period is understood, within recent Western culture, to be the period between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War....
 or interbellum when a war between the same parties resumes at a later date (e.g. the period between World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 and World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
). By contrast, a post-war period marks the cessation of conflict entirely.

In Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
 usage, the post-war era is the period of time since the end of World War II, even though many nations involved in the Second World War have been involved in multiple wars since. It is sometimes used to specify a shorter period after the war but which has now ceased: in some British usage, "post-war" refers to the period from the election of Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was a British people politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955....
 in 1945 to that of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Fellow of the Royal Society was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990....
 in 1979, the period of the post-war political consensus
Post-war consensus

The post-war consensus is a name given by historians to an era in British political history which lasted from the end of World War II in 1945 to the election of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1979....
, while it may also refer to an even shorter period, perhaps ending around the time of Beatlemania
Beatlemania

Beatlemania is a term that was used during the 1960s to describe the intense fan frenzy particularly demonstrated by young teen girls directed toward The Beatles during the early years of their success....
.