Ch. 15 - Cold War, cont'd

policy of threatening to use nuclear weapons to prevent war

Countries with primarily agricultural economies

diplomat who was accused of being a Communist spy

threatening nuclear strike to back down opponents

Sputnik was a

deadly radiation left over after a nuclear blast

Many CIA operations took place in nations with primarily agricultural economies, known as

keeping communism within its present territory

Communist countries of Eastern Europe

nation whose leader began a land reform program before being removed from office

border between North Korea and South Korea

daring attack that took the North Koreans by surprise

a mutual defense alliance among the US and several ASIAN nations

place where Truman and Stalin met to work out a deal on Germany

military alliance in Eastern Europe

era of confrontation between the US and Soviet Union

seized by the Egyptians who intended to use its profits to fund other projects

operated in developing countries to overthrow anti-American leaders

The Red Scare began in 1945 when a clerk in the Soviet embassy in Canada defected and

rumors and accusations of Communists in the US and of Communist infiltration of govt

type of spy plane shot down by the Soviets in 1960