Cold War

Military alliance formed by countries fearful of the spread of Communism

THIS was Gorbachev's plan to open up the Soviet Union to new ideas & criticisms.

This event was as close as the US & USSR came to actually fighting during the Cold War

Gorbachev was the last leader of the...

The foreign policy of going to the edge of nuclear war.

This covert action attempted to invade Cuba and overthow Castro

The dividing line between North & South Korea (before & after the war)

THIS American-backed leader of Iran was overthrown by an Islamic Revolution in 1979.

The American strategy to rebuild Western Europe after WWII.

The Geneva Accords split Vietnam into two countries at the ___ parallel.

This technology was used by the US to take pictures of Soviet and Cuban bases in the 1960s

The fear that if one nation fell to Communism, it might cause others to fall as well.

This conference was responsible for dividing Germany into four military occupation zones.

Leader of the Communist rebels during WWII who became China's leader after the war.

This president dramatically escalated the war in Vietnam after the Tonkin Incident.

In Afghanistan, the Soviets battled THIS group for control of the country.

American foreign policy of blocking Soviet influence & stopping the spread of Communism

This term refers to a lessening of tensions between the US and USSR.

This president ended American participation in the Vietnam War.

This president was the first to send American military forces to Vietnam.

During his time ruling Cambodia, 2 million people were killed by Khmer Rouge.

This president's doctrine promised to support any European country that resisted Communism.

A period of fear & competition betwwen the US & the USSR, lasting from 1945-1991.