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Arms Race
a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. -
Korean War
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border -
CIA Engineered Coup D'etat
CIA Engineered Coup installs Shah Iran- replaces a dictator with more "democratic¨ one. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Execution
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were United States citizens who were executed after being convicted of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. They were accused of transmitting nuclear weapon designs to the Soviet Union; at that time the United States was the only country with nuclear weapons. -
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact, signed in September 1954 in Manila, Philippines. -
Massive Retaliation
Massive Retaliation is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack. -
Domino Theory
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower described the theory during an April 7, 1954, news conference, when referring to communism in Indochina. (a political event in one country will trigger similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino) -
Spirit of Geneva (Geneva Summit)
The Geneva Summit was a Cold War-era meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.It was a meeting of "The Big Four": President Eisenhower of the US, Prime Minister Anthony Eden of Britain, Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin of the Soviet Union, and Prime Minister Edgar Faure of France. They were accompanied by the foreign ministers of the four powers. -
Open Skies Crisis
Each other's territory would be open to aerial photography by the opposing nation to eliminate the chance of a surprise nuclear attack. -
Vietnam War
The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China and other communist allies and the South Vietnamese army were supported by the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war is therefore considered a Cold War-era proxy war. The war is considered a humiliation for America. -
Hungarian Revolution
A nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, -
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The ensuing Suez Crisis threatened regional stability and challenged the U.S. relationship with two primary Cold War allies, Britain and France. -
Brinkmanship
The act of pushing a situation to the verge of war in order to threaten and encourage one's opponent to back down. -
Space Race
The Space Race refers to the 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability. -
Eisenhower Doctrine
The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by President Eisenhower, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". -
NASA
America founded NASA, a competitor to the USSR in the space race -
Fidel Castro Sworn In
A Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout the society.
