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50 years
How long did the Cold War last?
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John F. Kennedy
Who was the U.S President during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
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Capitalism Democracy
What is a system involving distribution of political power in the hands of the public which forms the electorate, representative government, and freedom of speech.
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The U.S. President Harry Truman
Who invented the Truman Doctrine, a policy that promoted Americans to give aid to nations threatened by communist expansion?
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East (Soviet Union and allies) vs. West (U.S. and allies)
What parts of the world fought against each other in the Cold War?
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Nikita Khrushchev
Who was the Soviet Union leader in 1959, who had gained power a few years after Stalin died in 1953
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Major Cold War confrontation in 1962 --> Soviets building missile bases on Cuba, atomic missiles could reach US within minutes.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis
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George F. Kennan
who was a diplomat in the American embassy in Moscow in 1947?
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1. Confrontation
2. Coexistence to Détente 3. Renewed confrontation to rapprochement
What were the 3 chronological phases of the Cold War ?
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Gorbachev
Who sought to reconcile the Soviet Union's differences with the capitalist West in order to halt the deteriorating of his country's economy and international position ?
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