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Post-war tensions
The usa britain and the ussr all ...,
After the nazis were defeated the...,
What is ideology
10  cards
The Long Telegram
When was the long telegram,
What was the long telegram,
Who was george kennan
6  cards
The Novikov Telegram
When was the novikov telegram,
What was the novikov telegram,
Who was novikov
7  cards
Timeline of the nuclear arms race
In 1945 the usa dropped two atomi...,
In 1949 the ussr,
In 1952 the usa developed
8  cards
Three Conferences
What was the date of the yalta co...,
What date was the tehran conference,
What was the date of the potsdam ...
3  cards
Grand Alliance Conferences
How many conferences did the gran...,
In the conferences agreements wer...,
During the conferences there was
24  cards
The Truman Doctrine
In many countries people had,
Communism was attractive to peopl...,
When was the truman doctrine created
7  cards
The Marshall Plan
When was the marshall plan,
The usa gave __ ______ to help re...,
The marshall plan hoped to stop c...
6  cards
Communism and 'free elections'
Between 1947 and 1949 the ussr sp...,
Countries like poland and hungary...,
At yalta and potsdam the ussr agr...
6  cards
Cominform
What does cominform stand for,
Who set up cominform,
When was cominform set up
7  cards
Comecon
What does comecon stand for,
When was comecon set up,
Who set up comecon
7  cards
The Berlin Blockade
The conferences agreed to divide ...,
The ussr tried to disrupt the gra...,
The usa wanted germany to be a st...
12  cards
The Berlin Airlift
West berlin couldn t last,
Because they needed supplies it l...,
The usa pulling out of berlin would
14  cards
Soviet Control in Hungary
After stalin died soviet leader k...,
As hungary started to move away f...,
Why did the ussr tighten its cont...
17  cards
Imre Nagy
Imre nagy became leader of hungar...,
Imre nagy wanted _______ for hungary,
Imre nagy wanted hungary to
12  cards
A Divided Berlin
After the war germany was divided...,
Berlin was deep inside,
Divided berlin gave the usa a foo...
15  cards
The Berlin Wall
The ussr and usa started negotiat...,
Khrushchev s solution to the berl...,
The soviets could not continue to...
22  cards
How the Cuban Missile Crisis Started
Before 1959 cuba was,
In cuba there were lots of us,
Cuba had a socialist revolution a...
26  cards
The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Discovery
The ussr saw cuba as a fix to,
The usa had missiles close to the...,
Cuba saw soviet missiles as a gre...
8  cards
The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Thirteen Days
The thirteen days was a period du...,
On october 16th president kennedy...,
On october 20th kennedy decides
22  cards
Consequences of The Thirteen Days
Cuba came out okay but,
The ussr looked weak as,
The hotline agreement was set up ...
11  cards
Soviet Control in Czechoslovakia
One impact of soviet rule was tha...,
One impact of soviet rule was tha...,
One impact of soviet rule was tha...
21  cards
Détente
Detente is a word meaning,
Detente was was used to describe ...,
The outer space treaty was introd...
15  cards
Helsinki Conference
What year was the helsinki confer...,
How many countries attended the c...,
At the conference the countries a...
13  cards
The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Brezhnev thought that the usa wou...,
The ussr sent troops into afghani...,
When the ussr sent troops into af...
15  cards
The Second Cold War 1979-1985
When did ronal reagan become pres...,
Reagan believed he had mission from,
What is meant by mutually assured...
12  cards
Gorbachev, perestroika and glasnost
In 1985 mikhail gorbachev became,
Gorbachev tried to reform the sov...,
Gorbachev recognised that people ...
18  cards

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