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potsdam conference
the United state detonated the first atomic bomb -
Truman doctrine
the foundation of American foreign policy -
Marshall Plan
a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe -
cuban missile crisis
These missiles would have been capable of quickly reaching the United States. -
Russian invade Afghanistan
The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December 24 1979 under the pretext of upholding the Soviet-Afghan Friendship Treaty. -
Perestorkia
Restructing of the Soviet Governement and the economy in the -
Tiananmen square massacre
the massacre that ended with a military crackdown -
collapse of the Soviet Union
the collapse of the Berlin Wall -
Warsaw Pact
Military alliance established in 1955 of the Soviet Union and other communist states in Europe. -
Vietnam war
the first war that ended in defeat for American arms