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Mutually Assured Destruction
MAD, is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender -
Berlin Airlift
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The Berlin Airlift, 1948–1949. At the end of the Second World War, U.S., British, and Soviet military forces divided and occupied Germany. Also divided into occupation zones, Berlin was located far inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. As a result of the Soviet blockade, the people of West Berlin were left without food, clothing, or medical supplies. Main players were the Russians. -
Korean War
The Korean War was started when North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations, with United States as the principal force, came to aid of South Korea. China, along with assistance from Soviet Union, came to aid of North Korea.The main players were Sygnam Rhee, Kim IL Sung, The outcome of the Korean War included heavy casualties.
General Douglas MacArthur, Harry S Truman, Joseph Stalin. Korean War impacted the world because it was important in the development of the Cold War. -
Berlin Wall
From 1961-1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic. Historians have long argued over whether East German leader Walter Ulbricht or his soviet counterpart Nikita Khrushchev was ultimately responsible for the construction of the Berlin Wall. Outcome was the wall got taken down about 8 months later. This affects the USA because we sent a care package towards there way. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missiles deployment in Cuba. An agreement was reached between Kennedy and Khrushchev. Publicly, the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, subject to United Nations verification. . -
Brinkman ship
The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The main players were Jerome M. Hauer, killed 2,996 people. Showed strength of United States. Out come was the US going to war. -
War On Terror
The War on Terror (WoT), also known as the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), refers to the international military campaign that started after the September 11 attacks on the United States. U.S. President George W. Bush first used the term "War on Terror" on 20 September 2001.
