Historical clue formulations

• Backdrop of many John le Carré novels — 2021-04-16
• Backdrop for many Bond films — 2015-01-11
• It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" — 2014-08-31
• The West was part of it — 2012-04-29
• It began after 1945 — 2001-01-28
• James Bond backdrop — 1997-05-21