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| (1945-1991)one of perception where neither side fully understood the intentions and ambitions of the other. This led to mistrust and military build ups. |
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| symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989. |
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| United States foreign policy introduced at the start of the Cold War, aimed at stopping the spread of Communism and keeping it 'contained' and isolated within its current borders, otherwise the 'domino effect' would occur, where if one nation became Communist, the surrounding ones would follow. |
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| best known as "the father of containment" and as a key figure in the emergence of the Cold War. He later wrote standard histories of the relations between Russia and the Western powers. |
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| was a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. |
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| was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism. |
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| (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War and the first resulting in casualties. |
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| (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. |
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| (1955–1991), or more commonly referred to as the Warsaw Pact, was a mutual defense treaty subscribed to by eight communist states in Eastern Europe. |
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| the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations) |
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| was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War. |
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was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile.
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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| One of the most significant international agreements that attempted to address the spread of nuclear weapons |
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| is the common name for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Agreement |
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| denotes two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States: the First Red Scare, from 1919 to 1920, and the Second Red Scare, from 1947 to 1957. |
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| (December 31, 1880-October 16, 1959), America's foremost soldier during World War II, served as chief of staff from 1939 to 1945 |
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| was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). |
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| was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. |
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| was a British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. |
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| the regions between Germany and russia that were formed with the assistance of the UN after the end of WWII. |
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