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Vor einem Tag · What was the Cold War? How did the Cold War end? Why was the Cuban missile crisis such an important event in the Cold War? What was Harry S. Truman's reaction to communist North Korea's attempt to seize noncommunist South Korea in 1950? Should the United States maintain the embargo enforced by John F. Kennedy against Cuba?
- Toward a New World Order
The 1970s saw an easing of Cold War tensions as evinced in...
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of...
- Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the...
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion, (April 17, 1961), abortive invasion of...
- Toward a New World Order
Vor 7 Stunden · Truman was a strong supporter of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which established a formal peacetime military alliance with Canada and democratic European nations of the Western Bloc following World War II. The treaty establishing it was widely popular and easily passed the Senate in 1949; Truman appointed General Eisenhower as commander. NATO's goals were to contain Soviet ...
Vor 2 Tagen · In contrast to Truman's increasingly "get-tough" rhetoric, Wallace insists that peaceful coexistence represents the best policy in an era of atomic warfare. Truman, however, viewed the speech as undermining his foreign policy, and asked for Wallace's resignation a week later.
Vor 2 Tagen · The Cold War began with the announcement of the Truman Doctrine in 1947, started a gradual winding down with the Sino-Soviet split between the Soviets and the People's Republic of China in 1961, and ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Vor 6 Tagen · The fight for civil and human rights focused on issues of freedom of expression, freedom of conscience, freedom to emigrate, punitive psychiatry, and the plight of political prisoners. It was characterized by a new openness of dissent, a concern for legality, the rejection of any 'underground' and violent struggle.
Vor 4 Tagen · Soviet Union (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; U.S.S.R.), former northern Eurasian empire (1917/22–1991) stretching from the Baltic and Black seas to the Pacific Ocean and, in its final years, consisting of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. The capital was Moscow, then and now the capital of Russia.
Vor 3 Tagen · Explosions rocked Crematorium IV as the rebels blasted a hole through the chamber wall and burst into the yard.[^6] Amid the chaos and gunfire, the insurgents cut through the barbed wire and made a break for freedom. Hundreds poured out into the open in a frenzy, savoring the fresh air and the electrifying feeling of defiance. The first inmates to reach the women‘s camp shouted to Gertner ...
