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THREE IMPORTANT DECISIONS MADE AT YALTA

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  1. WHEN WAR IS OVER, DIVEDE GERM INTO 4 ZONES, US, BR, USSR, AND FR AND DIVIDE BERLIN INTO 4 ZONES
  2. FREE ELECTIONS 3. SOVIETS WANT REPARATIONS FROM GERMANS
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Yalta Conference

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Three big powers meet:

us-FDR BR-Churchill Soviets-Stalin

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UNITED NATIONS

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48 COUNTRIES TO START, MUCH LARGER TODAY
GENERAL ASSEMBLY-EVERYONE
SECURITY COUNCIL-HAS 11 SEATS

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WHO ARE THE 11 SEATS FOR IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL

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5 PERM MEMBERS: US, BR, FR, USSR, AND CHINA THESE 5 HAVE VETO POWER
OTHER 6 ROTATE

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POTSDAM, GERMANY

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THE BIG THREE MEET HERE AFTER THE WAR IS OVER

NOW IT IS US-TRUMAN BR AND SOVIETS ARE SAME.

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WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN TRUMAN AND STALIN DURING THE MEETING IN POTSDAM

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TRUMAN ASKED STALIN MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN HE WAS GOING TO HOLD FREE ELECTIONS AND STALIN FREAKED OUT AND SAID THAT COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM CANNOT EXIST IN THE WORLD TOGETHER. PRETTY MUCH WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND ONLY ONE WILL SURVIVE. THIS IS JUST MONTHS AFTER WWII

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IRON CURTAIN

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SYMBOLIC DIVISION IN EUROPE BETWEEN COMMUNIST AND NON-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. CHURCHILL COINED THIS PHRASE.

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COUNTRIES BETWEEN IRON CURTAIN AND SOVIET UNION

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SATELLITE NATIONS OR BUFFER ZONE. ALL OF THESE GOV’TS WERE LOYAL TO STALIN AND HAVE GOV’TS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED BY HIM

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CONTAINMENT

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US POLICY THAT TRIES TO CONTAIN COMMUNISM. WE WATN TO STOP IT FROM SPREADING ANYWHERE

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TRUMAN DOCTRINE

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TRUMAN GAVE A SPEECH TELLING ABOUT OUR POLICY OF CONTAINMENT

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MARSHALL PLAN

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$12.5 BILLION IN AID TO SUPPORT CONTAINMENT

WHILE CONGRESS IS DEBATING MARSHALL, SOME COUNTRIES FALL AND CONGRESS DECIDES QUICKLY IN ITS FAVOR

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BERLIN AIRLIFT

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STALIN CUTS OFF WESTERN ZONES TO STARVE OUT WEST BERLIN. THE US AND BR SEND A BUNCH OF PLANES OVER TO BRING FOOD AND SUPPLIES. LASTS 11 MONTHS AND STALIN GIVES UP

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THE BRAIN DRAIN

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MANY SMART PEOPLE LEFT EAST BERLIN TO GO TO WEST BERLIN

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WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THE BRAIN DRAIN

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THERE WAS A BERLIN WALL BUILT IN THE MATTER OF ONE NIGHT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST BERLIN THAT WAS HEAVILY GUARDED. NO CROSSING

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COLD WAR

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WAR OF WORDS, WAR OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES, NOT REAL WAR JUST PROXY WARS BETWEEN TWO SUPERPOWERS: US AND SOVIET UNION

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NATO

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US AND BR ESTABLISHED NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

STARTED OUT WITH 10 OR 13 NATIONS

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WARSAW PACT

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STALIN FORMED THIS, HIS SATELLITE NATIONS HAD TO JOIN. RESULT OF NAT

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BRINKMANSHIP

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THE WILLINGNESS OF A COUNTRY TO GO RIGHT UP TO THE BRINK OF WAR AND STOP. US AND SOVIET UNION

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ICBM

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INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE

US AND USSR WANTED TO BE THE FIRST WITH THIS.

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SPUTNIK

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FIRST SATELLITE IN SPACE. THE SOVIETS BEAT US

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U-2S

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PLANES THAT US USED FOR SPYING. FLEW ABOVE WHERE THE RADARS COULD SEE

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POWERS

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PILOT OF U-2 PLANE THAT THE SOVIET UNION FOUND AND SHOT DOWN

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CIVIL WAR

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MAO ZEDONG LED COMMUNISTS
JIANG JIESHI LED THE NATIONALISTS
MAO ZEDONG WINS

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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

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JIANG JIESHI SETS UP A GOV’T IN TAIWAN CALLED NATIONALIST CHINA
MAO ZEDONG SETS UP GOV’T CALLED THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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THE QUESTION IS WHICH CHINA IS THE REAL CHINA AND WHAT IS EACH COUNTRY’S ANSWER

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US-NATIONALIST CHIAN

SOVIETS-PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

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WHAT DID MAO ZEDONG DO IN THE NEW COUNTRY

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LAND REFORMS, 5 YEAR PLANS, GREAT LEAP FORWARD, CULTURAL REVOLUTION

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GREAT LEAP FORWARD

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COMMUNES-COLLECTIVE FARMS

FAILED MISERABLY

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CULTURAL REVOLUTION

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WANTS CHINESE TO GO BACK TO STRICT COMMUNIST VALUE SYSTEM WANT PEOPLE WHO DO HARD LABOR.
RED GUARD-MILITIA RESPONSIBLE 4 ENFORCING STRICT COMMUNIST WAYS. YOUNG PEOPLE.
EVENTUALLY ENDS B/C MAO ZEDONG ENDS IT

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38TH PARALLEL

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DIVIDES KOREA
NORTH-SOVIETS
SOUTH-US
AFTER ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS WE PULL PUT OF KOREA

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NORTH KOREA INVADES SOUTH KOREA AND..

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THEY TOOK OVER A LOT OF IT. SK ASKED FOR HELP AND WE SAID YES.

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THE SOVIETS BOYCOTTED THE UN MEETINGS AND…

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THE UN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONALIST CHINA AS CHINA

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DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

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LED THE INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO HELP SOUTH KOREA.

PUSHED NORTH KOREANS OUT OF S KOREA AND GOT FURTHER INTO N KOREA

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WHEN MACARTHUR GETS CLOSE TO CHINA//

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CHINA FREAKS OUT AND HELPS NORTH KOREA

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WHEN CHINA HELPS THE N KOREANS…

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MACARTHUR GETS WORRIED AND ASKS TRUMAN TO USE THE HYDROGEN BOMB, HE SAYS NO SO MAC GOES OVER HIS HEAD AND ASKS CONGRESS. TRUMAN GETS PISSED AND FIRES HIM.

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TO STOP THE FIGHTING IN KOREA..

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WE SIGN AN ARMISTICE. WE ARE TECHINICALLY STILL AT WAR BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TREATY

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WHAT DID THIS ARMISTICE CREATE

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THE ARMISTICE LINE

DMZ(DEMILITARIZED ZONE_

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HO CHI MINH

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STARTED AN INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT. WAS ORDERED TO BE ARRESTED BY FR, SO HE LEAVES VIETNAM. DURING WWII THE JAPS TOOK CONTROL OF VIETNAM AND HO COMES BACK. THE FR TRY TO TAKE OVER AGAIN AND THE VIETNAMESE END UP WINNING. EISENHOWER DIDNT LIKE THIS.

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VIETMINH LEAGUE

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HO CHI MINH STARTED THIS. WANTED FR OUT OF VIETNAM

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DOMINO THEORY

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EISENHOWER’S IDEA THAT IF ONE COUNTRY FALLS TO COMMUNISM, ALL THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES WILL FALL. HE CALLS FOR A CONFERENCE

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17TH PARALLEL

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VIETNAM IS DIVIDED ON THE 17TH PARALLEL, HO CHI MINH GETS THE NORTH AND US GETS THE SOUTH

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NGO DINH DIEM

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US PUTS HIM IN CHARGE OF SOUTH VIETNAM. HORRIBLE LEADER. MAKES LIFE WORSE FOR THEM

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VIETCONG

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HELPED IN WAR BY NORTH VIETNAM.

REBEL GROUP OF S VIETNAMESE THAT SUPPORT HO CHI MINH.

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WHO WAS THE PREZ THAT THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO SEND TROOPS TO S VIETNAM AND WHAT DOES HE DO

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LBJ TELLS CONGRESS OUR SHIPS HAVE TAKEN FIRE FROM N VIETNAMESE(HE LIED) THEY BASICALLY DECLARED WAR

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WHAT WAS THE DRAFT LIKE FOR THE VIETNAM WAR

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DIFFERENT. FULL TIME STUDENTS WERE EXEMPT FROM THE DRAFT. THEY MADE THIS THE POOR MAN’S WAR. THIS WAS SEEN AS A TARGET FOR POOR PEOPLE.

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NIXON

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PREZ AFTER LBJ. PROMISED TO PULL OUR GUYS FROM VIETNAM. PULLED THEM OUT IN STAGES.

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VIETNAMIZATION

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THIS WAS THE PROCESS OF PULLING OUR GUYS OUT OF VIETNAM

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AS THE AMERICANS PULLED OUT OF THE WAR…

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HO CHI MINH GAINED MORE LAND

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HO CHI MINH EVENTUALLY GAINED FULL CONTROL AND…

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DID RIGHT FOR HIS PEOPLE

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KHMER ROUGE

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COMMUNIST GROUP IN CAMBODIA THAT TAKE OVER. EXTREMELY VIOLENT GROUP.

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POL POT

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LEADER OF KHMER ROUGE. 2 MILL PEOPLE DEAD.

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WHAT DID HO CHI MINH DO IN CAMBODIA

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GOT PISSED CAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE AND WENT IN AND TOOK OVER

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1ST WORLD COUNTRIES

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US AND OUR ALLIES

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2ND COUNTRIES

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SOVIET UNION AND THEIR ALLIES

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3RD WORLD COUNTRIES

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COUNTRIES US AND SOVIET UNION WERE TRYING TO MAKE OUR ALLIES

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NONALIGNED COUNTRIES

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WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COLD WAR AND OTHER COUNTRIES

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BATISTA

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US PUT IN CHARGE OF CUBA. HE WAS AN ASS AND HE IS OVERTHROWN BY CASTRO

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FIDEL CASTRO

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AGREED WITH COMMUNIST WAY OF THOUGHT. WENT FROM 1ST TO 2ND WORLD COUNTRY QUICKLY.

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WHAT DID THE US DO TO TRY TO TAKE OVER CUBA AGAIN?

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TRAINED CUBAN EXILES AND WORKED A PLAN TO GO BACK INTO CUBA AND LEADA COUP

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BAY OF PIGS

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JOB OF PEOPLE TO KICK CASTRO OUT. ALL OF THEM WERE WITHER CAPTURED OR KILLED. FAILED MISERABLY. JFK CANCELLED AIR SUPPORT

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

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SOVIETS WERE BUILDING MISSILE LAUNCHES IN CUBA B/C THEY THOUGHT WE WERE ALL TALK.

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WHAT DID THE US DO AS A RESULT OF THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

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SAID THAT NO SHIPS WERE TO GO IN/OUT OF CUBA. FOR 13 DAYS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO TO WAR WITH CUBA AND WE ENDED UP CUTTING A DEAL W/ THE SOVIETS. WE NEVER INVADE CUBA AND SOVIETS REMOVE MISSILES FROM CUBA

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PAHLAVI

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CHANGED PERSIA TO IRAN. ALLOWED WESTERN INFLUENCE IN HIS COUNTRY. OIL. WE MADE SURE HE STAYED IN POWER.

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MOSSADEQ

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SEIZES BR OIL COMPANY. WE PUT PAHLAVI BACK IN CHAGE AND THE IRANIANS GOT PISSED.

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AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI

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LEADER IN THE MUSLIM FAITH. ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO OVERTHROW PAHLAVI. NOT IN COUNTRY, STILL VOCAL LEADER. YOUNG PEOPLE START RIOTING IN IRAN.

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WHAT DRAMA HAPPENS WITH PAHLAVI WHEN HE IS SICK

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HE ASKS THE US FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WE SAY YES. THE IRANIANS ASK FOR HIM BACK SO THEY CAN PUT HIM ON TRIAL AND WE SAY NO SO THEY CAPTURE OUR EMBASSY. THEY HELD THESE PEOPLE ON THE DAY REAGAN WAS INAUGURATED. THEY BLAMED JIMMY CARTER

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IRAN VS. IRAQ

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SOVIETS HELP IRAN
WE HELP BOTH B/C WE DONT WANT EITHER SIDE TO WIN. WE WANT EQUALITY
HELP WITH SUPPLIES AND MONEY

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AFGHANISTAN

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PROXY WAR. US HELPS MUJAHIDEEN. SOVIETS STUCK IN WAR AND WITHDRAW THEIR FORCES.

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KRUSCHEV

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NEW LEADER WHEN STALIN DIES. NOT STALN CRAZY BUT HARDCORE COMMUNIST

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DESTALINIZATION

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EVERYTHING STALIN-RELATED WAS TAKEN DOWN OR CHANGED

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HUNGARY

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SATELLITE NATION.

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IMRE NAGY

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SAYS HUNGARY DOESNT NEED DSOVIETS ANYMORE. KRUSCHEV SEDS TROOPS TO HUNGARY AND IMRE NAGY IS EXECUTED PUBLICLY IN THE STREETS

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AFTER THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS WHAT HAPPENED TO KRUSCHEV

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HES KICKED OUT

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BREZHNEV

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CLOSER TO STALIN. STILL NOT AS CRAZY. NEW LEADER OF USSR.

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DUBCEK

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LOOSENING LAWS ABOUT CENSORSHIP. BEHIND IRON CURTAIN. LEADER OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA.

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PRAGUE SPRING

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PEOPLE ARE HAPPY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. THIS IS CRUSHED BY BREZHNEV.

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BREZHNEV DOCTRINE

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SAID THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE SURE HIS SATELLITE NATIONS STAY COMMUNIST AND ARE FRIENDS TO HIM.

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CHINA AND SOVIET UNION

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SOVIET UNION STARTS TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THEM. SOVIETS WOULD NOT SHARE SECRETS WITH CHINA AND FRIENDSHIP ENDED. BOTH COMMUNIST, NOT FRIENDS.

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NIXON

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DETENTE, SALT, HELSINKI ACCORDS

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DETENTE

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LESSENING OF COLD WAR TENSIONS

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SALT

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STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TREATY. SOVIETS AND US LIMIT ICBMS.

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HELSINKI ACCORDS

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INTERNATIONAL PEACE CONFERENCE TO SIGN THIS. REDEFINE DIPLOMACY.

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REAGAN

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WE HATE SOVIETS AGAIN AND ITS BAD

CALLED RONNIE RAY GUN

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SDI

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STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE. PEOPLE CALLED THIS STAR WARS. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM. JUST AN IDEA.

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