"THE POST-WAR PERIOD AND THE COLD WAR"
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The Beginning of the War
End of World War II and post-war (1945-47)
Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc
Berlin Blockade and airlift
NATO beginnings and Radio Free Europe
Crisis and escalation (1953-62). Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization
Warsaw Pact and Hungarian Revolution
Sino-Soviet split, space race, ICBMs
Berlin Crisis of 1961
Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev ouster
Nixon, Brezhnev, and dйtente
Second Cold War (1979-85)
Final years (1985-91)
Aftermath
The Beginning of the War
The first use of the term to describe the post-World War II geopolitical <# "center"> End of World War II and post-war (1945-47)
The Allies disagreed about how the European map should look, and how borders would be drawn, following the war. Each side held dissimilar ideas regarding the establishment and maintenance of post-war security. The western Allies desired a security system in which democratic governments were established as widely as possible, permitting countries to peacefully resolve differences through international organizations <# "center"> Beginnings of the Eastern Bloc
During the final stages of World War II, the Soviet Union laid the foundation for the Eastern Bloc <# "center"> Berlin Blockade and airlift
The United States and Britain merged their western German occupation zones into "Bizonia" <# "center"> NATO beginnings and Radio Free Europe
Britain, France, the United States, Canada and eight other western European countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty <# "center"> Crisis and escalation (1953-62). Khrushchev, Eisenhower and De-Stalinization
In 1953, changes in political leadership on both sides shifted the dynamic of the Cold War. Dwight D. Eisenhower <# "center"> Warsaw Pact and Hungarian Revolution
While Stalin <# "center"> Sino-Soviet split, space race, ICBMs
The period after 1956 was marked by serious setbacks for the Soviet Union, most notably the breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, beginning the Sino-Soviet split <# "center"> Berlin Crisis of 1961
The Berlin Crisis of 1961 <# "center"> Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev ouster
Continuing to seek ways to oust Castro following the Bay of Pigs Invasion, Kennedy and his administration experime...
