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Cold war
The Cold war(1947-1991) was a period of military and political tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc dominated by the USSR. Military conflict was avoided because the use of nuclear weapons would mean mutually assured destruction.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Military; Cold war
The major Cold War confrontation between U. S. And Soviet forces over the deployment of Soviet IRBMs in Cuba in 1962. An American naval blockade and high alert status ensued until the crisis was ...
Checkpoint Charlie
Military; Cold war
The American checkpoint and guardhouse at the border of East and West Berlin.
Carter Doctrine
Military; Cold war
President Carter's commitment to defend U. S. Interests in the Persian Gulf, motivated by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Brussels Pact
Military; Cold war
Signatories of the Brussels Treaty, a 50-year treaty of economic, social, cultural, and defensive collaboration between Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, signed ...
Bomber gap
Military; Cold war
The fear of Soviet superiority in the area of intercontinental bombers, which first arose in July 1957 after Soviets flew their Bear and Bison bombers past American observers multiple times, duping ...
Bay of Pigs
Military; Cold war
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by 1500 Cuban exiles with U. S. Government support on April 17, 1961.
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
Military; Cold war
Signed in 1972, it froze numbers of ICBMs and SLBMs in place for 5 years and restricted the deployment of ABMs.
