Leaders
The sociologist that coined communism
Karl Marx
Where the West traded freedom in Eastern Europe for Russian help in defeating Nazis
Yalta Conference
The name of the clash between the US and USSR that never turned into WWIII
Cold War
The was an embarrassment for the US, the CIA, and the Mafia
The Bay of Pigs
This country managed to not lose wars against Russia and the US
Leader who overthrew the Czars and brought communism to Russia
V I Lenin
International organization started to prevent WWIII. Our current Prez just told all the members they were going to Hell and only he could save them.
United Nations
The first clash between titans that almost caused WWIII. We were just trying to help those poor people get supplies. I swear
Berlin Airlift
This was very close to starting WWIII when Krastev tested Kennedy's resolve
Cuban Missile Crisis
Openness and freedom, in Russian
Glasnost
Russian strongman that turned communism into his personal paranoia party
Joseph Stalin
What Winston Churchill said the division of eastern and western Europe was like
Iron Curtain
A war between US and USSR allies that stopped on the 38th parallel
Korean War
This leader asked the US for help kicking France out. US said no so he turned to Russia
Ho Chi Minh
1st non-Communist leader in an Eastern European country
Lech Walesa of Poland
Russian leader that turned democracy to oligarchy.
Vladimir Putin
The US 's overall plan for stopping Russian influence
Containment
The 'Good Guys" in the fight with Russia
NATO
The idea that forced the US to send troops to an unwinnable war in Vietnam
Domino Theory
President of Russian that had to turn Russian from communist to Democracy after the last Communist leader gave up power willingly.
Boris Yeltsin
The Russian leader that allowed Communism to be replaced by Democracy because the people wanted it
Mikhail Gorbachev
The US plan to buy European allies before Russia could
Marshal Plan
The bad guys in the fight with the US
Warsaw Pact
Maybe we can avoid war. This French term was the hope
Detente
reform in Russian
Perestroika