Cold War, Postwar rivalry between US and USSR, Containment, US policy to stop communism, Marshall Plan, US aid to rebuild Europe, NATO, Western military alliance formed in 1949, Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led Eastern European alliance, Decolonization, End of European colonial rule, India Partition, Division into India and Pakistan, Nonalignment, Avoiding both Cold War blocs, Mao Zedong, Chinese communist revolutionary leader, Great Leap Forward, Mao's failed rapid industrial campaign, Cultural Revolution, Movement attacking old Chinese traditions, Kim Il-sung, North Korean communist founder, Korean War, Conflict dividing Korea at 38th parallel, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader, Vietnam War, Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia, Cuban Revolution, Castro overthrew Batista in 1959, Cuban Missile Crisis, Nuclear standoff over Soviet missiles, Apartheid, Racial segregation system in South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Anti-apartheid leader later president, Algerian War, Independence struggle against France, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian leader who nationalized Suez, Suez Crisis, 1956 conflict over Egyptian canal, OPEC, Oil-producing nations' price cartel, Iranian Revolution, 1979 overthrow of the shah, Green Revolution, High-yield farming increased food output, Genocide in Rwanda, 1994 mass killing of Tutsis, Globalization, Growing worldwide economic integration, Neoliberalism, Free-market economic reform policies, Tiananmen Square, 1989 crackdown on Chinese protesters, Soviet Collapse, 1991 end of the USSR

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