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| A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II. |
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| The military, political, and ideological barrier established between the Soviet bloc and western Europe from 1945 to 1990. |
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| A policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology, as by the creation of strategic alliances or support of client states in areas of conflict or unrest. |
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| United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression |
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| President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism |
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| United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe |
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| airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| military treaty and association of E European countries |
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| political term that refers to a country that is formally independent, but under heavy political and economic influence or control by another country. |
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| the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. |
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The term arms race, in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for real or apparent military supremacy.
13. ABMT- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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| Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty |
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| Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
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| the first, and second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks |
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| period of general fear of communists |
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| United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program |
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| Us president during the end of WWII and beggining of the Cold War |
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