Cold War

Metaphor presented in a speech by Winston Churchill regarding Stalin in Eastern Europe.

1962 issue involving Russian ICBMs in the Western Hemisphere.

U.S. plan to economically aid the reconstruction of Europe after WW2

The philosophy that if a country falls to communism a neighboring country may also fall.

Built in 1961 and knocked down in 1989, separating Berlin.

The division of Germany by the Allies was known as this.

Policy aimed at holding back the expansion of Communism.

The U.S. and the U.S.S.R became this after WW2.

Russian doctrine saying the Soviet Union had the right to support other Communist countries.

Organization established by Communist based nations.

A competition between countries aimed at achieving quantity and quality of weapons.

An independent nation but under the control of the U.S.S.R.

Organization established by Democratic based nations.

A time during the Cold War where the U.S. and the U.S.S.R opened better lines of communication.

A political process in Russia to undo many of Stalin’s policies.

Russia’s policy of 1986 aimed at restructuring the economic, political, and social life.

Presidential policy to give military and economic aid to any country threatened by Communism.

A failed attempt to invade Cuba