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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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Warsaw Pact
Military; Cold war
Signed in 1955, it codified the East-West split and provided for mutual defence among Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
Truman Doctrine
Military; Cold war
Truman pledged in 1947 to defend "free people who are resisting armed subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressures. " The policy was aimed at providing economic and military support to those ...
Trinity Site
Military; Cold war
Site of the first U. S. Atomic bomb test, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Space race
Military; Cold war
The superpower competition in space exploration technology that paralleled the Cold War competition in arms developments.
Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)
Military; Cold war
SOFAs, which establish legal rights and protocols, are negotiated between the United States and each country in which American forces are deployed.
Strategic defence Initiative (SDI)
Military; Cold war
An ABM research programme dedicated to finding technology to destroy incoming ICBMs. It was begun in 1983, after Reagan's "Star Wars" speech in which he called on the nation's scientific community to ...
