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Cold War Vocab 1

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1940s and 50s paranoia over perceived threat of communists in United States
Military alliance between USSR and communist eastern European countries
First artificial satellite launched from Earth by USSR
Massive guarded, concrete, barb wired barrier preventing East Berliners from defecting to West Berlin
Policy of willingness to go to the edge of war
Cargo planes supplied West Berliners with food and fuel
Communist leader who ousted the French and opposed the US in Vietnam
Chinese purge of opposition to Communism, targeting the cultural elite
Formed in 1945 to replace League of Nations
Leader of USSR during Cuban Missile Crisis
US-backed group that defeated USSR in Afghanistan in 1980s
Founder and chairman of the communist party in the People's Republic of China
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Policy of reducing Cold War tensions to avoid conflict
Leader of the radical communist group known as the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia
Agreement between US and USSR to reduce nuclear arsenal
Mao's planned communes resulting in millions of deaths from famine
Belief that a communist victory in Vietnam would cause noncommunist governments in SE Asia to fall to communism
Churchill's description of division of Europe into and Eastern and Western bloc