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Cold War — Key Events

Major events and concepts of the Cold War (1947–1991)

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Truman Doctrine
1947 U.S. policy to contain Soviet expansion by supporting threatened nations
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Marshall Plan
U.S. program providing economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Western military alliance formed 1949
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Warsaw Pact
Soviet-led military alliance among Eastern Bloc nations formed 1955
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Korean War
1950–1953 conflict between U.S.-backed South and Soviet/Chinese-backed North
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Cuban Missile Crisis
1962 nuclear standoff after Soviets placed missiles in Cuba
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Vietnam War
U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia 1955–1975 to prevent communist takeover
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Berlin Wall
Wall dividing East and West Berlin 1961–1989; symbol of Iron Curtain
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Space Race
U.S.–USSR competition in space exploration; Sputnik to Moon landing
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Arms Race
Nuclear weapons buildup by both superpowers; mutually assured destruction
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Détente
Period of relaxed U.S.–Soviet tensions in the 1970s
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Reagan Doctrine
U.S. policy to support anti-communist groups worldwide; increased Cold War pressure
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Glasnost
Soviet policy of openness under Gorbachev; increased freedom of information
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Perestroika
Gorbachev's economic restructuring policy weakening Soviet central planning
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Fall of the Soviet Union
1991 dissolution of the USSR; ended the Cold War