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The Arms Race
competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. -
Truman Doctrine and Containment
informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. It shifted American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union from anti-fascism ally to a policy of containment of Soviet expansion as advocated by diplomat George Kennan. -
Marshall Plan
an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion -
Berlin Airlift
the United States begins a massive airlift of food, water, and medicine to the citizens of the besieged city. -
Korean War
( war between North Korea and South Korea)North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea had been split into two sovereign states -
The Space Race
two Cold War rivals, the Soviet Union and the United States, for dominance in spaceflight capability. -
Vietnam War
known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin
