East and West in the Grip of Cold War Chapter 26 World History: Volume II: Since 1500 pgs. 770-797
People, Places, Ideas Vietnam War/Vietnam syndrome Nikita Khrushchev Grand Alliance/Allies* Iron Curtain Berlin Wall Harry Truman* Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan containment denazification North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Warsaw Pact Mao Zedong Chinese Civil War Korean War Ho Chi Minh Viet Cong (Vietnamese Communists) Vietnam War/Vietnam syndrome Nikita Khrushchev peaceful coexistence Radio Liberty/Free Europe Nonaligned movement John F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis Richard Nixon detente Ronald Reagan Strategic Defense Initiative/Star Wars Mikhail Gorbachev Contras perestroika *denotes review term from previous chapter.
Big Questions Why were the United States and the Soviet Union suspicious of each other after World War II, and what events between 1945 and 1949 heightened the tensions between the two nations?