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Iron Curtain
it formed the imaginary boundary dividing the East from the West -
Truman Doctrine
the doctrine established a containment policy to halt the Soviet expansion because according to the domino theory, communism could spread quickly from one state to a neighbouring one -
Organization of the CIA
anti-communist operation that gathers, processes and analyzes national security information from around the world -
Organization of NATO
military support to one another by some North-American and European countries in case of a foreign attack -
The birth of the two German states
the German Federal Republic was democratic with flourishing economy, while the German Democratic Republic was Communist
this division of Germany was finalized for 40 years -
Organization of the KGB
internal security, intelligence and secret police organization of the USSR -
Warsaw Pact
assured mutual defence and assistance within the Eastern Block, led by the USSR -
Conference in Bandung
conference of mainly former colonial countries who refused to join any military co-operation and to contact with either superpowers in order to support national independence and peaceful co-existence -
20th Congress of the Communist Party
the proccess of de-Stalinization started then
a new type of foreign policy, the détente was opted, which meant that a war between the two blocks was avoidable and peaceful coexistence was possible -
Erection of the Berlin Wall
it was built to prevent the population of the Soviet-controlled East Berlin from escaping to West Berlin, controlled by the Western Allies -
Reagan's SDI ('Star Wars Plan')
it was a defense initiative of ground and space-based systems to protect the USA
it forced the USSR into an arm race it couldn't finance -
Summit in Malta
the end of the Cold War was announced
