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Conflict between communist and non-communist forces at the end of WWII, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into the Soviet (North Korea) and the US (South Korea) zones of occupation when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The UN authorized member nations to aid South Korea.
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1500 Cuban exiles armed and trained by the CIA tried to stage an invasion at Cuba's Bay of Pigs. The small force was crushed by Castro after President Kennedy refused to involve the US armed forces.
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President Kennedy orders an immediate build-up of US troops in Thailand to a total of 5,000 due to Communist attacks in Laos and movement toward the Thailand border
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The Soviet goal was to prevent another US planned invasion by allowing the Cubans to use the missiles if needed. An American spy plane took photos of a Soviet Nuclear missile site being built in Cuba and President Kennedy threatened to invade unless the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles. The Soviets agreed to remove their missiles if the US agreed to remove their missiles from Turkey
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President Richard Nixon visits China and Soviet Union. Nixon and Brezhnev sign first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty(SALT).
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This ended US involvement in Vietnam War
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This is because of the nation's support for Israel in October
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The US agrees to return the canal zone and control of canal to Panama by 1999
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President Jimmy Carter sponsors peace talks between Egypt and Israel.
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In response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, US places an embargo on sales of American grain to Soviet Union and boycotts Moscow Olympic Games.
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President Ronald Reagan orders invasion of Grenada after a Marxist revolution in that Caribbean nation.
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American public learns that US secretly sold weapons to Iran in hopes of gaining release of American hostages in Lebanon.
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Manuel Noriega, a former Panamanian politician and military officer.
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US led multinational force ends Iraqi occupation of Kuwait
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