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Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Western Europe. The United States gave $13 billion (approximately $130 billion in current dollar value as of August 2015) in economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
NATO
An alliance of countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949. -
Massive Retaliation
A military doctrine and nuclear strategy. A state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack. -
Space Race
20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals. It was between the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US), for supremacy in spaceflight capability. -
Fidel Castro
Marxist Cuban political leade. Helped lead the Cuban Revolution, and served as president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008. -
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water. -
Six Day War
Six-Day War, also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War, Six-Day War: Israeli armoured troop unit entering Gaza during the Six-Day War© The State of Israel Government Press Officebrief war that took place June 5–10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. -
Afghanistan War
The Soviet–Afghan War lasted over nine years from December 1979 to February 1989. Insurgent groups who received aid from both Christian and Muslim countries, fought against the Soviet Army and allied Afghan forces. -
John Walker
John Anthony Walker, Jr. was a United States Navy Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist convicted of spying for the Soviet Union from 1968 to 1985. -
Berlin Wall
For 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the defining symbol of the Cold War, separating families and keeping the people from jobs and opportunity in the west