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Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis to Detente
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Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis to Detente Facts
Brain Snacks
"Ich bin ein Berliner," said President John F. Kennedy in 1963, expressing his solidarity with the beleaguered citizens of Berlin in a famous speech delivered there soon after East Germany built th...
Quotes
"Ich bin ein Berliner." "We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked." "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden...
Statistics
Number of warheads in the American nuclear arsenal in 1959: 15,468 Number of warheads in the American nuclear arsenal in 1960: 20,434 Number of warheads in the American nuclear arsenal in 1961: 24,...
Acronyms
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) Central Intelligence Agency Demilitarized Zone Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) Executive Committee Federal Republic of Germany (W...
Glossary
arms race A competition between rival nations to achieve superiority in military weaponry. bipolar An international system in which two rival superpowers dominate global affairs. The Cold War, in w...
