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SUPERPOWER

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SUPERPOWER

a very powerful and INFLUENTIAL NATION
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UNITED NATIONS

intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation
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IRON CURTAIN

THE NATIONAL BARRIER SEPARATING THE FORMER SOVIET BLOC AND THE WEST PRIOR TO THE DECLINE OF COMMUNISM
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CONTAINMENT

the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.

MARSHALL PLAN

economic support to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War ...

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

WARSAW PACT

A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe.

ARMS RACE

a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

CULTURAL REVOLUTION

Mao Zedong launched it in 1966, claiming that elitists were undermining the government and Chinese society.
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KOREA WAR

The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. Wikipedia

VIET CONG

a member of the communist guerrilla movement in Vietnam that fought the South Vietnamese government forces 1954–75
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VIETNAM WAR

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War
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DOMINO THEORY

The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries
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COVERT ACTION

Covert action is one of many foreign policy tools used by policymakers to advance national interests.
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DÉTENTE

the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

DETERRENCE

Full Definition of DETERRENCE. : the act or process of deterring
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COLD WAR

  • the cold war changed the way we viewed goverment throughout the world. The U.S and the soviet union stood ground with open fire. It was never really a war there were not that many causualties. The U.S did not want the soviet union to make the rest of europe and communist country. They succeed very well.
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