iron curtain - phrase used by Churchill to describe the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe, satellite state - the idea that a state is not fully independent, it's controlled by another state, containment - policy of Truman's whereby he tried to limit the spread of communism, marshall plan - a program of economic aid sent to Western Europe by USA, deutschmark - the Soviets refused to allow this new currency in Berlinin , operation vittles - codename for the mission to supply West Berlin by air, north atlantic treaty organisation - a military alliance led by the USA, warsaw pact - a military alliance including USSR and its satellite states in Eastern Europe, Mao Zedong - leader of the Chinese Communists in the Chinese Civil War, thirty eighth - line of latitude along which Korea was partitioned after WW2, seoul - capital of South Korea, general douglas macarthur - supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea, yalu - river that formed by the boder between North Korea and China, fidel castro - President of Cuba in 1962, john f kennedy - US President during the Cuban Missile Crisis, nikita khrushchev - leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile crisis, naval blockade - measure taken by USA after they discovered Soviet missiles in Cuba, turkey - US agreed to withdraw missiles from this country to resolve the Cuban missile crisis, vietcong - communist guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam, lyndon johnson - US President who oversaw deeping of US involvement in Vietnam war,

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