soviet union - transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991., cold war - term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, communism - a political theory in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs., reparations - the compensation for war damage paid by a defeated state., Berlin wall - barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany, self-determination - the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government., policy of containment - the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II, domino effect - total effect produced when one event sets off a chain of similar events., iron curtain - a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989, foreign policy - a government's strategy in dealing with other nations., Truman doctrine - the principle that the US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection., Marshall plan - an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe., NATO - an alliance of countries from Europe and North America, Policy of brinkmanship - a form of aggressive diplomacy in which one or both parties force the interaction between them to the threshold of confrontation in order to gain an advantageous negotiation position over the other., Warsaw pact - a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe, peoples republic of china - a republic in E Asia: the third largest and the most populous country in the world, Korean war - war fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953, McCarthyism - a vociferous campaign against alleged communists in the US government and other institutions carried out under Senator Joseph McCarthy in the period 1950–54., Second red scare - a fear-driven phenomenon brought on by the growing power of communist countries in the wake of the Second World War,, Cuban missile crisis - major confrontation that brought the United States and the Soviet Union close to war over the presence of Soviet nuclear-armed missiles in Cuba., Bay of pigs - invasion where Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Vietnam war - a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States., Sputnik - first artificial earth satellite launched into earths orbit, General secretary gorbachev - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 and additionally as head of state beginning in 1988, counter cultural movement - categorized a group of people known as "hippies" who opposed the war in Vietnam, commercialism and overall establishment of societal norms., Hostilities - a hostile state, attitude, or action acts of warfare, Castro - Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, House un-american activities committee - to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations, Berlin airlift - a 1940s military operation that supplied West Berlin with food and other vital goods by air after the Soviet Union blockaded the city, 48th parallel - 38th parallel, popular name given to latitude 38° N that in East Asia roughly demarcates North Korea and South Korea.,

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