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| state of political hostility existing between countries, characterized by threats, violent propaganda, subversive activities, and other measures short of open warfare, |
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| notional barrier that prevents the passage of information or ideas between political entities |
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| preventing the expansion of a hostile country or influence |
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| US should give support to countries or peoples threatened by Soviet forces or communist insurrection |
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| program of financial aid and other initiatives, sponsored by the US, designed to boost the economies of western European countries after World War II |
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| 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-self defense & security against attack |
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| gave the Russians more power to do as they please |
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| country that is formally independent, but under heavy influence or control by another country |
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| easing of hostility or strained relations between countries |
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| competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons |
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| Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty-treaty between the US and Soviet Union on the limitation of the ABM systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons |
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| Nonproliferation treaty-limit spread of nuclear weapons |
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| limitation of strategic defensive arms |
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| fear of espionage mixed with suspicions that Communist sympathizers were in the US government |
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| authorized use of atomic bomb against japan |
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| succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition |
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| stubborn politician who stood up to belligerent foreign nations that started unprovoked wars of aggression and refused to stop fighting when the situation looked grim |
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