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World War II
After the World War II, many countries in Eastern Europe went on the socialist road and established a socialist system, which caused for discontent from western countries, especially the US. They wanted to rebuild the regime—to restore the capitalist system. So the US and the USSR was at a stalemate. As a result, cold war could not be avoided. -
"iron curtain" speech
Winston Churchill made a speech called iron curtain which represented the opening of the prelude to the Cold War. -
Treaty 5
Treaty 5 is a treaty that was first established in September, 1875, between Queen Victoria and Saulteaux and Swampy Cree non-treaty tribes and peoples around Lake Winnipeg in the District of Keewatin. This is the first treaty which deal with the problem of defeated countries and it caused the most important result was that it provided the opportunity and excuse for Truman doctrine. -
Truman doctrine
In 1947, the US proposed a new policy named Truman doctrine. This is the begining of the Cold war and these acts constitute an interference in the internal affairs of other countries. -
The Marshall Plan
The marshall Plan also called European Recovery Program, which was the American initiative to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. -
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. The organization constitutes a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party. -
Warsaw Treaty Organization
This organization was a collective defense treaty among eight communist states of Central and Eastern Europe in existence during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact was the military complement to the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, the regional economic organization for the communist States of Central and Eastern Europe. When it establihsed, this meaned the formation of the bipolar structure---US and USSR -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. -
cuban missile crisis
The Cuban missile crisis—known as the October Crisis or The Missile Scare in Cuba and the Caribbean Crisis in the former USSR—was a 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other side. The crisis is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
Nixon Doctrine
The Nixon Doctrine was put forth during a press conference in Guam on July 25, 1969 by U.S. President Richard Nixon and later formalized in his speech on "Vietnamization," in November 3 of 1969. According to Gregg Brazinsky. Nixon stated that "the United States would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends," but would not "undertake all the defense of the free nations of the world." -
Strategic Defense Initiative
The Strategic Defense Initiative was proposed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground-based and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. The initiative focused on strategic defense rather than the prior strategic offense doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction. -
Reagan Doctrine
The Reagan Doctrine was a strategy orchestrated and implemented by the United States under the Reagan Administration to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War. The doctrine was designed to diminish Soviet influence in these regions as part of the administration's overall Cold War strategy. -
beyond containment strategy
The US proposed this strategy was aim at developing a good relationship with USSR and wanted to have a corporation with USSR. This behavior lead to positive situation for the Cold War. -
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) formally ceased to exist on 26 December 1991 by declaration no. 142-H of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, acknowledging the independence of the twelve republics of the Soviet Union, and creating the Commonwealth of Independent States。 -
Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 were part of a revolutionary wave that resulted in the fall of communism in the communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. The period is sometimes called the Autumn of Nations,a play on the term "Spring of Nations", used to describe the Revolutions of 1848.
