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His goal was containment, first turned his attention to Europe
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the first great confrontation of the cold war
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sent vast amount of money to 16 nations in Europe
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places began to fly in food, clothing, medicine, and food into Berlin places began to fly in food, clothing, medicine, and food into Berlin
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U.S. and Canada formed a treaty that any attack against one country in NATO would mean an attack against all
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the first major proxy war
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U.S. took conrol of half of Vietnam and the other half went to war on the other half of Vietnam to get it back
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cuban exiles landed there and were quickly killed or captured
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a wall dividing the city so anyone who tried to escape could not, a grim symbol of a divided Europe
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the soviet union attacked the U.S. from Cuba because it was so close to Florida
