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Allied tensions and the origins of the Cold War
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The Truman Doctrine and containment policy
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The Marshall Plan and its role in European recovery
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
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McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the United States
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Korean War and the first direct conflict of the Cold War
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Cuban Revolution and the rise of Fidel Castro
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Space Race and its connection to the Cold War rivalry
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Hungarian Uprising and Soviet crackdown
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Bay of Pigs Invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis
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Vietnam War and U.S. involvement
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Détente and efforts for relaxation of tensions
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and increased tensions
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Collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War