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| A state of political hostility existing between countries, characterized by threats, violent propaganda, subversive activities, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular. |
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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 of keeping something harmful under control or within limits. |
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| was an American advisor, diplomat, political scientist, and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. |
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| US President Truman, that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection. |
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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 |
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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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| 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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competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the ...
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| The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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| National Personal Transportation Study |
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| The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks refers to two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union - the Cold War superpowers - on the issue of armament control. There were two rounds of talks and agreements: SALT I and SALT II |
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| The First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism |
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| 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 |
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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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| British statesman and leader during World War II; received Nobel prize for literature in 1953 |
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