Key Events of the Cold War

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Cold War Duration

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1947 - 1991

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Iron Curtain Speech

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Winston Churchill, 1946

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Truman Doctrine

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Containment of Communism, 1947

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Berlin Airlift

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1948-1949, Allied response to Soviet blockade

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NATO Formation

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1949, Military alliance

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Warsaw Pact

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1955, Soviet-led alliance

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Cuban Missile Crisis

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1962, Nuclear standoff

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Detente

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Easing tensions, 1970s

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Space Race

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U.S. vs. USSR, technological competition

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McCarthyism

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Anti-communist witch hunts, 1950s