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09/21/2011

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Cold War
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was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict
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Iron Curtain
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symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945
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Containment
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was a United States policy using military, economic, and diplomatic strategies to stall the spread of communism
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George F. Kennan
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was an American adviser, diplomat, political scientist and historian, best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold Wa
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Truman Doctrine
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was a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere.[1]
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Marshall Plan
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was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism
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Berlin Airlift
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Allies organized the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people in West Berlin
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NATO
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is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
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The Warsaw Pact
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or more commonly referred to as the Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe.
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Satellite Nation
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A satellite nation was a nation under the control of the USSR or Red China
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Détente
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is the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation.
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Arms Race(Nuclear)
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was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
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ABMT
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was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons.
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NPT
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is a treaty to limit the spread (proliferation) of nuclear weapons
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SALT I and SALT II
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efers 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.
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2nd Red Scare
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he term Red Scare denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957.
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George C. Marshall
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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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Harry S Truman
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was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953)
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Joseph Stalin
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was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953
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Winston Churchill
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was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
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