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Communist win China
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Atomic Bomb
Harry S. Truman the 33rd president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb MAD -
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Buffer states of the USSR
Poland and states between Germany and USSR are sometimes known as Buffer states Containment Theory -
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US Aid to Turkey
Decided to help aid to Turkey Detente -
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Molotov Plan
Created by USSR to provide aid to rebuild the countries in Western Europe Deterrence -
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US aid to Greece
Extension of military and economic aid to Greece Domino Theory -
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Truman Doctrine
Foreign policy, Made to counter soviet geopolitical expansion Containment Theory -
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Berlin Airlift
1st intel crisis of the cold war MAD -
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Marshall Plan
America intrative to aid western Europe MAD -
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NATO Est.
North America Treaty Organization Detente -
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USSR gets Atomic Bomb
, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” In order to measure the effects of the blast, the Soviet scientists constructed buildings, bridges, and other civilian structures in the vicinity of the bomb. Brinkmanship -
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Korean War
North and South Korea go to war MAD -
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Coup in Iran
Overthrow of democraticallt elected prime minster Mohd. Mosaddegh Deterrence -
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Coup in Guatamala
Covert OP carried by US disposed the democratically elected Guatemalan President MAD -
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Communist Angola
Underground politcal party Domino Theory -
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Warsaw pact formed
was a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries. Containment Theory -
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Beginning of troops in Vietnam
When the troops first go to vietnam MAD -
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Hungary Rebellion
Nation wide revolt against the goverment Brinkmanship -
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Suez Canal Crisis
Invasion of Egypt MAD -
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Sputnik
Satellite, 1st artificial satellite of the Earth Detente -
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Sandinistas rose up in Nicaragua
rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship domino Theory -
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Cuba
Missel crisis, 13 days confrontation between the US and USSR MAD -
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China Explodes Atomic Bomb
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Coup in Chile
Popular unity govt. was Regan Domino Theory -
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Iran Islamic Revolution
Following the overthrow od the pahlavi dynasty MAD -
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Soviets invade Afganistan
Soviet- Afghan war MAD -
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War in El Salvador
The salvadorian war Brinkmanship -
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Evil Empire Speech
1st Applied in the USSR. By US pres. Ronald Regan Dentent -
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Star Wars
Strategic defense initiative Domino Theory -
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Iran Contra Affair
Referred to as irangate Domino Theory -
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Fall of the USSR
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Fall of Berlin Wall
Berlin's wall falls Detente