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| cold war- rivalry between nations just short of armed conflict |
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| iron curtain- Barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, esp. such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries |
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| containment-The act or condition of containing |
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George F. Kennan-was a boxer from Chicago. In 1931 he won the National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champions. |
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| truman doctrine was a part of Guatemalan coup d'état |
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| marshall plan- european recovery program |
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berlin airlift-
The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway and road access to the sectors of Berlin under Allied control. Their aim was to force the western powers to allow the Soviet zone to start supplying… |
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| NATO-is an military alliance of twenty-eight North American and European countries |
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| the warsaw pact-The Warsaw Treaty Organization of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance (1955–1991), |
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Satellite Nation-A satellite nation was a nation under the control of the USSR or Red China |
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Détente-History of the Soviet Union (1964–1982) and the Era of Stagnation. Political events. 1964–1982: Collectivity of leadership · Glassboro Summit |
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| arms race (nuclear)-was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies |
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| ABMT- anti ballistic missile treaty |
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| NPT-The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
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| SALT I and SALT II -The outcome of the Arms race was the result of the treaties of SALT I and SALT II which in simple terms are the reduction of the weapons of mass destruction |
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| 2nd red scare-The second Red Scare occurred after World War II (1939–45), and was popularly known as "McCarthyism" |
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| george c. marshall-served in the U.S. Army in France during World War I, emerging as aide-de-camp to General John Joseph Pershing |
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| harry s. truman-became president of the United States after the death of Franklin Roosevelt on 12 April 1945. Roosevelt was already the longest-serving president in U.S. history when he chose Truman, |
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| joseph stalin-grabbed control of the Soviet Union after the death of V.I. Lenin in 1924. |
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| winston churchill-Soldier, politician and finally prime minister, Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest 20th-century heroes. |
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