Events
WW2 ended.America wants to
spread Capitalism,
SU Communism.Germany divided.Iron curtain speechTruman sets up
organisations to
protect US.Berlin blockade
by SU.But allies airlift in
supplies for West.NATOFirst SU
atomic test.SU claims states
won during war.US vs SU
propaganda.Korean war.Korean armistace.McArthy trials
in US.Testing weapons
to show might.Krushctev.Warsaw pact.Public campaign
against nuclear
weapons.Eisenhower
nuclear deterrence.Ballistic missiles
developed - SU
can reach USA.Space race.Relationship between
China and SU worsened.Berlin wall.Communism in Cuba.SU missiles
in Cuba.US missiles
in Italy and
Turkey.Direct line between
Pentagon and KremlinBrezhnev.France withdrew
from NATO.US on
the moon.Saigon captured.Thaw in cold
war: Détente.Nixon met Mao.Nixon met
Brezhnev: SALT 1.No nuclear defences
agreement.Increased trade
with eachother.Deployment of
SU troops in
Afghanistan.USA boycott
Russian Olympics.US arm
Muhahideen.Reagan develops
missile defences.Civilian Korean
flight shot down by SU.Defcon 1 simulator
western Europe: almost
causes nuclear war.SU boycott
US Olympics.Poor economics in SU.Gorbchev reforms.Pulled SU
trips from
Afghanistan.Gorbchev and Bush
START 1.Peaceful revolutions
in SU.Tiananmen square
massacre.Berlin wall
broken.Cold War over.SU finished.
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