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| a state of political hostillity existing between countries. |
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| A notional barrier that prevents the passage of information or ideas between political entities, in particular. |
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| The action or policy of preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence. |
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| was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment |
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| President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism |
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| A program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after World War II. |
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| airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, an international organization composed of the US, Canada, Britain, |
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| A treaty of mutual defense and military aid signed at Warsaw on May 14, 1955, by communist states of Europe under Soviet influence, in response to the admission of West Germany to NATO. |
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| A satellite state (sometimes referred to as a client state) is a political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country. |
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| The easing of hostility or strained relations, esp. between countries. |
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| A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, esp. between the US and the former USSR during the Cold War. |
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| The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty or ABMT) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Soviet Union |
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| National Personal Transportation Study |
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| the second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ... |
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| denotes two distinct periods of strong anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1917 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. |
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| George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. |
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| elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948 |
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| Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition |
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