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the start of the cold war
historians cant fully agree but 1947-91 is the main time of the cold war. -
outbreak of korean war
the Chinese Civil War and the outbreak of the Korean War (1950–53), the conflict expanded. The USSR and USA competed for influence in Latin America, -
cuban missile
cuban missile crisis is going on -
missile crisis
soviet nukes found in cuba. -
cuban missile crisis
america thought about invading cuba and taking control of everything. -
jfks plan
jfk let america know about his paln to stop nukeular shipment to cuba by a blockade of ships. -
defcon 2
soviet says the blockade will be ignored and nukes will still go to cuba. america went into defcon 2 witch is the closes the has ever bin to nukeular war -
interested in accommodations
By the 1970s, both sides had become interested in accommodations to create a more stable and predictable international system, inaugurating a period of détente that saw Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and the US opening relations with the People's Republic of China as a strategic counterweight to the Soviet Union -
27k executed
Vigorously suppressing any opposition from among the traditional Muslim Afghans, the government arrested thousands and executed as many as 27,000 -
detente collapsed and war in afghanistan started
Détente collapsed at the end of the decade with the Soviet war in Afghanistan beginning in 1979. -
most of afghanistan falls
By April 1979 large parts of the country were in open rebellion and by December the government had lost control of territory outside of the cities.
