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The Atomic Bomb
Scientists first developed nuclear weapons technology during World War II.Atomic bombs have been used only twice in war.A period of nuclear proliferation followed that war.During the Cold War,the United States & the Soviet Union vied for supremacy in a global nuclear arms race. -
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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.It was announced to Congress by President Harry S.Truman on March 12,1947,& further developed on July 12, 1948,when Truman pledged to contain threats to Greece & Turkey. -
The Molotov Plan
The Molotov Plan was created by the Soviet Union in 1947 to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically & economically aligned to the Soviet Union. -
The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
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Berlin Airlift
Was 1 of the 1st major international crises of the Cold War.The Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway,road,& canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.The Soviets offered to drop the blockade if the Western Allies withdrew the newly introduced Deutsche mark from West Berlin. -
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NATO
NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization,is an intergovernmental military alliance between multiple North American & European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April,1949 -
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USSR gets the atomic bomb
Was a classified research & development program that was authorized by Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union to develop nuclear weapons during World War II. -
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The Korean War
Was a war between North Korea & South Korea.The war began on with North Korea invaded South Korea,following with a series of clashes along the border.The United Nations,with the United States as the principal force,came to the aid of South Korea.China and the Soviet Union came to the aid of North Korea, -
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Coup in Iran
Was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.It was orchestrated by the United Kingdom & the United States -
Coup in Guatemala
Was a covert operation carried out by the CIA that deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President,Jacobo Árbenz,& ended the Guatemalan Revolution.Code-named [PBSUCCESS],it installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas,the 1st in a series of U.S.-backed authoritarian rulers in Guatemala. -
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The Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was a political/military alliance between the Soviet Union & multiple Eastern European countries.It was the Communist counteraction to NATO.The Warsaw Pact was seen as a militaristic threat:a sign of Communist dominance,and a definite opponent to American capitalism. -
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The Hungary Rebellion
Was a nationwide revolt against the Marxist-Leninist government of the Hungarian People's Republic & its Soviet-imposed policies.it was the 1st major threat to Soviet control since the USSR's forces at the end of World War II. -
Suez Canal Crisis
Was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel,followed by the United Kingdom & France.After the fighting had started,political pressure from the United States,the Soviet Union & the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the 3 invaders.The episode humiliated Great Britain & France,also strengthened Nasser. -
Sputnik
It was the first artificial Earth satellite.The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit.It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere,with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses.The launch ushered in new political,military,technological,and scientific developments. -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Was a 13-day confrontation between the United States & the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy & Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to turning into a nuclear war. -
China Explodes an Atomic Bomb
The Soviet Union agreed to aid China technologically in the development of nuclear industry.But in June 1959,the USSR refused to provide further information as it had previously promised.The Soviet Union recalled all technicians & advisers from China.On June of 1960,Chairman Mao Zedong called on Chinese scientists to rely on their own efforts and develop China's atomic bomb within eight years.On October 16,1964,China successfully created it's own Atomic Bomb -
Coup in Chile
Was a watershed event in both the history of Chile.Following an extended period of social unrest & political tension between the opposition-controlled Congress of Chile & the socialist President Salvador Allende,as well as economic warfare ordered by U.S. President Richard Nixon,Allende was overthrown by the armed forces & national police.Allende gave his last speech,which he vowed to stay in the presidential palace,refusing offers of safe passage should he choose exile over confrontation. -
Communist Angola
Was an underground political party in Portuguese,Angola,under the influence from the Portuguese Communist Party.The PCA was led by brothers Mário Pinto de Andrade & Joaquim Pinto de Andrade.PCA set up clandestine schools & libraries in Luanda,& established branches in Catete & Malanje. -
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War in El Salvador
Was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador & the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front.A coalition or of several left-wing groups.A coup led to the killings of anti-coup protesters by the government as well as anti-disorder protesters by the guerrillas, & is widely seen as the tipping point toward civil war. -
Evil Empire Speech
The Evil Empire speech represented the rhetorical side of the US' escalation of the Cold War.In the former,President Ronald Reagan depicted nuclear warfare as an extension of the age old struggle between good and evil,while arguing that an increased nuclear inventory as well as progress in science and technology were necessary to prevent global conflict.Through these speeches,the Reagan administration used rhetoric to reshape public knowledge about & attitudes toward nuclear warfare. -
Star Wars (S.D.I)
It was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons.The concept was first announced publicly by President Ronald Reagan on 23 March 1983.Reagan was a vocal critic of the doctrine of mutual assured destruction,which he described as a "suicide pact"& he called upon the scientists & engineers of the US to develop a system that would render nuclear weapons obsolete. -
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall stood until November 9,1989,when the head of the East German Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR could cross the border whenever they pleased.That night,ecstatic crowds swarmed the wall.Some crossed freely into West Berlin,while others brought hammers & picks to chip away at the wall.To this day,the Berlin Wall remains one of the most powerful & enduring symbols of the Cold War.
