EXTREMELY POWERFUL NATION WHEN THE WORLD IS DIVIDED POLITICALLY .

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDED 1945 TO PROMOTE PEACE SECURITY .

IDEOLOGICAL BARRIER THAT DIVIDES EAST AND WEST EUROPE DURING COLD WAR

RESTRICT SOVIET POWER AND INFLUENCE AROUND THE WORLD

PROMOTE ECONOMIC RECOVERY I EUROPE AFTER WORLD WAR II

MUTUAL DEFENSE PACT FORMED BY WESTERN NATIONS IN 1949

1955 DEFENSE PACT BETWEEN THE USSRAND EASTERN EUROPE NATIONS

COMPETITION TO ACHIEVE WEAPONS SUPERIORITY

REVOLUTIONARY UPHEAVAL AND POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN CHINA

WAR FROM 1950-1953 NORTH KOREA AND SOUTH KOREA INVOLVED SOVIETCHI

COMMUNIST INSURGENTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM

WAR BETWEEN NORTH,SOUTH VIETNAM FROM 1950S TO 1975

BELIEVE THAT VIETNAM FELL TO COMMUNISTS ASIA WOULD FALL LIKE DOMINOES.

SECRET POLITICAL,ECONOMIC OR MILITARY OPERATION

COLD WAR TENSIONS AND HOSTILITY BETWEEN EAST,WEST DURING 1970S

POLICY OF BUILDING WEAPONS ARSEAL THAT NO OTHER NATION WILL ATTACK