cold warrior

In the initial period of the Reagan administration, US was in the inferiority between America and Soviet in striving for hegemony, and US was in defensive situation, which stimulated "the cold war warrior" Reagan seriously.

里根执政初期，美国在美苏争霸中处于劣势，美国处于防守的态势，这严重刺激了冷战斗士里根。

"as an old cold warrior, one of yesterday's speeches almost filled me with nostalgia for a less complex time, " he said.

他表示：“作为一名冷战老兵，昨日（上周六）的某一次演讲，几乎让我对那个不那么复杂的年代充满怀念。”

how do they reconcile this claim with the shoe-pounding cold warrior of public record?

那他们是怎么解释这位在冷战时期“用鞋敲桌子”斗士的行为呢？

as a trained historian and former cold warrior, gates is well aware of the costs and dangers of military competitions among great powers.

作为训练有素的历史学家和前冷战勇士，盖茨充分意识到强权之间军事竞争的代价和危险。