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The creation of the Soviet buffer zone. although in 1945 the communist world was limited to the soviet union , it rapidly spread to central and eastern Europe , forming a protective buffer zone. #deterrence
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During the final stage of World War II, the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki #containment theory
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the government granted $100 million in military and economic aid brinkmanship
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U.S. Government granted Greece $300 million in military and economic aid #domino theory
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was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the cold war #mutually assured destruction
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the system created by the soviet union in 1947 in order to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Eastern Europe that were politically and economically aligned to the soviet union #dterrence
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President Truman signed the economic recovery act of 1948 #detente
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was one of the first international crises of the cold war. #domino theory
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an intergovernmental military alliance between several north american and European countries based on north Atlantic treaty #containment theory
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at a remote test site at semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan , the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb , code name " First Lighting" #mutually assured destruction
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in 1945 the Americans reinstated Chiang Kai-shek as ruler of chinaq , and tried to organise a truce between chiang and mao but after the surrender of japan a civil war broke out. #brinkmanship
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the war was between north and South Korea. the war began when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border #containment theory
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the overthrow of the democratically elected prime minister Mohammad mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical #detente
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covert operation carried out by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency the deposed the democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz #domino theory
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a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw , Poland among the Soviet union and seven Soviet satellite states #containment theory
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also named the tripartite aggression was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the united kingdom and France #brinkmanship
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was a nationwide revolt against the communist government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies. #deterrence
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as a result , the launch of sputnik served to intensify the arms race and raise cold war tensions #mutually assured desteruction
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was a 13 day confrontation between the United States and the soviet union concerning american ballistic missile development in Italy and turkey #domino theory
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after the successful test china is the fifth member of this exclusive club , joining the united states. #brinkmanship
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resistance war against america or simply the american war was a conflict that occurred. #domino theory
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watershed event in both the history of Chile and the cold war. following an extended period of social unrest and political tension #mutually assured destruction
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operation homecoming begins the release of 591 american POWs from Hanoi. Americas longest war, and its first defeat. #deterrence
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the strong subjection of Nicaragua and its population to the wishes of Somoza and his private army resulted in the creation of a military movement #brinkmanship
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war lasted over 9 years. insurgent groups known collectively as the mujahideen, as well as smaller maoist groups #mutually assured destrucution
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was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the farbundo marti national liberation front #detente
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the phrase "evil empire" was first applied to the Soviet union in 1983 by U.S. President Roanld Reagan. #domino theory
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was a program first initiated under president Ronald Reagan. the intent of the program was to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks #brinkmanship
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irangate was a political scandal in the united states that occurred during the second term #containment theory
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the spokesman for Berlin's communist party announced a change in his city's relations with the west #deterrence
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the soviet hammer and sickle flag lowered for the last time over the kermlin, thereafter replaced by the russian tricolor. #brinkmanship
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it was the communist angola republic until the broad collapse of the most communit countires in 1992 #domino theory
