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The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51 countries committed to maintaining international peace and security
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The Second Red Scare was a fear-driven phenomenon brought on by the growing power of communist countries in the wake of the Second World War. -
The Truman Doctrine came from a speech delivered by President Truman before a joint session of Congress.
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The Berlin Blockade was an attempt in 1948 by the Soviet Union to limit the ability of the United States -
In 1959 the US and 11 other Western Nations formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. -
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following clashes along the border and rebellions in South Korea.
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The Cuban Revolution was a military and political effort to overthrow the government of Cuba between 1953 and 1959.
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The space race was a period of competition between the Soviet Union and the United States over who could conquer space exploration first.
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The Vietnam War was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States
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The Suez Crisis began on when Israeli armed forces pushed into Egypt toward the Suez Canal, a valuable waterway that controlled two-thirds of the oil used by Europe
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed attack launched by the CIA during the Kennedy Administration to push Cuban leader Field Castro from power.
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Cold War conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States concerning the status of the divided German city of Berlin.
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For thirteen days in October 1962 the world waited the brink of nuclear war and hoped for a peaceful resolution to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
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The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany. Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government of the GDR
