Mao Zedong was a great swimmer. As Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, he was known to take a dip in the pool he ordered built at Party headquarters, in the stormy ocean, and even in China's b...
"It is clear that the main element of any United States policy towards the Soviet Union must be that of a long-term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.... It...
Total supplies flown into besieged West Berlin during the 1948 Berlin Airlift: 2.5 million tons Number of warheads in the American nuclear arsenal in 1945: 6 Number of warheads in the American nucl...
Central Intelligence Agency Demilitarized Zone Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) German Democratic Republic (East Germany) Intercon...
Cold War The decades-long confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, which lasted from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. The name "Cold War" arose from the fact that the conflic...
