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| Struggle for power between the soviet union and the U.S. |
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| A term used by Winston Churchill to describe the growing divide between western democracies and Soviet-influenced states. |
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| Fundamental U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War in which the U.S. tried to contain Communism by preventing it from spreading to other countries |
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| was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" |
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| policy set forth by Truman. The USA would provide aid to Greece and Turkey to prevent their falling under Soviet influence. This led to the US policy of ‘containment’ during the Cold War. |
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| help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism |
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| to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin |
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| An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty |
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| was a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe |
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| a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country |
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| was a permanent relaxation in international affairs during the Cold War rather than just a temporary relaxation (the so-called "thaw"). |
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| was a frantic era in which several nations tested nuclear technology and stockpiled warheads. |
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| Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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| Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
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| The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty refers to two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union |
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| national and foreign communists influencing society or infiltrating the federal government, or both. |
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| General George C. Marshall was the U.S. Army Chief of Staff during WWII, the highest ranking U.S. Army officer. |
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| Presedent after Roosevelt died. |
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| The man who turned the Soviet Union from a backward country into a world superpower. |
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| British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War |
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