Cold War by Castiel Novak

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Cold War

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COLD WAR VOCABULARY

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Superpower
A extremely powerful nation, one of very few dominate states.

United Nations
An international organization founded in 1945 to promote peace, security, and cooperation with world nations.

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Iron Curtain
Ideological barrier that divided Eastern Europe during the Cold War.

Containment
The U.S. Policy of attempting to restrict Soviet power.

Marshall Plan
A U.S. Aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after World War 2.

NATO
A mutual defense pact formed by Western nations in 1949.

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Warsaw Pact
1955 defense pact between the USSR and Eastern European nations.

Arms Race
Competition to archive weapons superiority.

Cultural Revolution
A period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China from 1966-1976.

Korean War
A war from 1950-1953 between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea that involved Soviet and Chinese support for the North and U.S. And UN support for the South.

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Viet Cong
Communist insurgents in south Vietnam.

Vietnam War
The war between North and South Vietnam from early 1950-1975.

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Domino Theory
The belief that if Vietnam fell to the communist, the rest of Asia would fall like a row of dominos.

Convert Action
A secret political, economic or military operation sponsored by a foreign policy objective.

Détente
The easing of the Cold War tensions and hostility between East and West during the 1970s.

Deterrence
The policy of building a weapons arsenal so deadly that no other nation will dare attack.

The Cold War effected a lot of places with high death tolls and leaving many places with shortages.

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Castiel Novak