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Card 6

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The Berlin Wall "silenced a subsequent international crisis" that could've "escalated into nuclear war."

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Card 7

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The Berlin wall "symbolised Europe's division, at the heart of the Cold War."

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Card 8

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The USSR "could not hope to compete with the West in terms of high technology."

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Card 9

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"The more horrible the prospect of war, the less likely war is."

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Card 10

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"The major turning point came when Khrushchev first exposed Stalin's failures and cruelty in the secret speech."

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Card 11

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The Hungarian Uprising (1956) was an "unplanned leaderless explosion" that was the result of a "confluence of fatal errors."

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Card 12

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Soviet expansion was designed to create a "security buffer."

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Card 13

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The Marshall Plan: "the creation of strong economies in a stable Europe would underpin democracy."

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Card 14

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Deployment of missiles to Cuba designed "to spread revolution throughout Latin America."

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Card 15

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Cuban missile crisis: "Fortunately, no black hole lured a the other end."

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