Major Events and Conflicts of the Cold War

The policy of containment was adopted by the United States to prevent the spread of communism by providing economic and military aid to countries threatened by communism.

The Berlin Blockade, which lasted from 1948 to 1949, was the first major crisis of the Cold War and marked the beginning of the Cold War.

The Korean War was a conflict between North and South Korea that lasted from 1950 to 1953.

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1962, during which the world was brought to the brink of nuclear war.

The Vietnam War was a conflict between the United States and Vietnam that lasted from 1954 to 1975.

The end of the Cold War was marked by a series of events, including the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact in 1991.

Mikhail Gorbachev was the Soviet leader who initiated the policy of glasnost, which means openness, in the late 1980s.

Richard Nixon was the American president who declared a policy of detente with the Soviet Union in the early 1970s.

The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I), the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II), and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) were all treaties that limited the number of strategic nuclear weapons that the United States and the Soviet Union could possess.

The Marshall Plan was a program that provided economic aid to Western Europe after World War II.

The Truman Doctrine was a policy that the United States adopted to prevent the spread of communism in Latin America.

The Sino-American Cold War was a conflict between the United States and China that lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.

The Soviet-Afghan War was a conflict between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan that lasted from 1979 to 1989.