The Cold War, 1945-1962

Axis Powers
     -Germany, Italy, Japan

Self-Determination
     -Comintern
     -Second Front

Cordon Sanitaire

Harry S. Truman

Joseph Stalin

George F. Kennan

Truman Doctrine
     -Cominform
     -Containment
          -NATO, CENTO, SEATO, Rio Pact

Marshall Plan

Korean War
     -Gen. Douglas MacArthur

Dwight D. Eisenhower
     -John Foster Dulles
     -Massive Retaliation
            -Brinksmanship

U-2  (1956)
     -Francis Gary Powers

Sputnik (1957)

John F. Kennedy
     -Missile Gap  (1960)
     -Bay of Pigs Invasion  (April, 1961)
     -Berlin Crisis  (August, 1961)
     -Cuban Missile Crisis  (October, 1962)

Wars of Liberation
      -Counter-Insurgency

 

 

  
        Cold War Europe

 

 

 

  
Germany & Austria Divided

  
    Korean War, 1950-1953

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
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