The Cold War

A military alliance of communist nations in eastern Europe. Organized in 1955

Prolonged war between communists supported by the Chinese & non-communists supported by the US.

Theory that if one nation comes under Communist control, then neighboring nations will also.

Commander of UN forces at the beginning of Korean War; removed from command by President Truman

Military alliance of Western European powers and the US and Canada; established in 1949.

President got blame for the Bay of Pigs invasion & credit for handling of Cuban Missile Crisis.

Ruled by terror, millions of citizens died during his brutal reign, USSR became a superpower

Revolutionary who overthrew Batista dictatorship (1958) & assumed control of island country

This event brought the world's superpowers perilously close the brink of nuclear confrontation.

Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the USSR's policy of isolation during the Cold War

Year-long mission of flying food and supplies by US to Soviet blockaded West Berliner's.

CIA plot to overthrow Castro by training Cuban exiles mission failed became pr disaster for JFK

Fortified guarded barrier between East & West Berlin erected on orders from Khrushchev in 1961 

Part of the capital city of Berlin under control of the Americans, Brits & French after WW II.

Part of the capital city of Berlin that was under control of the USSR after World War II.

1948 attempt by USSR to limit ability of France GB & US to travel to their sectors of Berlin

Plan offered $13 billion to Europe to stop domestic communist groups from rising to power. 

The first "hot war" of the Cold War; began in 1950 the war ended in stalemate in 1953.

Communist official who emerge from power struggle after Stalin's death in 1953 to lead the USSR

Policy of providing economic & military aid to any country threatened by communism.

Policy of the US that it would defend the Middle East against attack by any communist country.

45 year diplomatic tension between US & Soviet Union divided the world into polarized camps.

US strategy against the USSR; communism was expansionist & had to be stopped from spreading.