History Key Words

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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Support Militarily against communism. Warsaw pact - Communist equivalent.
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Containment
Keeping communism in one place by containing it.
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Marshall Aid
Money and aid given to poor countries to stop them turning communist.
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Strategic Superiority
Which ever country had greater power and forced the other to back down. Used in communist v capitalist battle.
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Space Race
A competition between the USA and USSR for the control of space.
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MAD
If one side attacked the other would retaliate and both countries would be destroyed.
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Keeping communism in one place by containing it.

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Containment

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Money and aid given to poor countries to stop them turning communist.

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Which ever country had greater power and forced the other to back down. Used in communist v capitalist battle.

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A competition between the USA and USSR for the control of space.

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