That’s a confusingly mixed analogy. Unless maybe I compare it to the pause between secession and Ft. Sumter. No, that doesn’t work.
What the hell is a cold civil war? It makes no sense.
Cold war no fighting
But enemies
Cold civil war is no fighting but still enemies.
But this time we fight with our dollars
I’ve written a whole book on what a modern civil war looks like. Calling it a cold civil war has merits, it is being carried on with proxy armies.
“Surviving Civil War II”
http://www.futurnamics.com/civilwar.php