Cold war

Cold war

The Cold war(1947-1991) was a period of military and political tension between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc dominated by the USSR. Military conflict was avoided because the use of nuclear weapons would mean mutually assured destruction.

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Executive Order 12356

Military; Cold war

The current Executive Order setting protocol for the declassification of government documents.

De-Militarized Zone (DMZ)

Military; Cold war

Refers to the unoccupied strip of land at the 38th parallel that divides North and South Korea.

distant early warning (DEW) line

Military; Cold war

A distant early warning line of radar and communications equipment deployed along northern Alaska and Canada designed to detect and track Soviet ballistic missiles.

detente

Military; Cold war

A lessening of tensions between the superpowers, primarily associated with the 1970's. The term is used loosely to describe either a situation or a policy.

containment

Military; Cold war

U. S. Cold War foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, first articulated by George Kennan in 1947 with his famous "X" article in Foreign Affairs. As originally articulated, the policy called for a ...

Cuban Missile Crisis

Military; Cold war

The major Cold War confrontation between U. S. And Soviet forces over the deployment of Soviet IRBMs in Cuba in 1962. An American naval blockade and high alert status ensued until the crisis was ...