Which of the following best describes the two sides that faced each other during the cold war?

a) catholics and protestants

b) christians and muslims

c) communists and non-communists

d) europeans and asians

C. The Cold War was a war of ideologies, fought between the communists and non-communists. The communist side was led by the USSR, and the non-communist side by mostly Capitalist countries, namely the United States. Other countries became embroiled, but those were the two world superpowers.