Risultati di ricerca
1 giorno fa · Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. The Cold War was waged on political, economic, and propaganda fronts and had only limited recourse to weapons.
- Toward a New World Order
The 1970s saw an easing of Cold War tensions as evinced in...
- Blockaded
Berlin blockade, international crisis that arose from an...
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
Bay of Pigs invasion, abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bahia...
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Cuban missile crisis, major confrontation at the height of...
- Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan, formally European Recovery Program (1948–51),...
- Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, treaty signed in Moscow on August...
- Berlin Crisis of 1961
Berlin crisis of 1961, Cold War conflict between the Soviet...
- Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (1954–75) was a conflict that pitted the...
- Toward a New World Order
1 giorno fa · The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union.
3 giorni fa · The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance originally established in 1949 to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II. When the Cold War ended, NATO was reconceived as a “cooperative-security” organization.
- David G. Haglund
- NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- Currently 31 countries are members of NATO.
- The current member states of NATO are Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,...
- Finland is the newest member of NATO; it joined the alliance in 2023. In May 2022 Sweden announced its intention to join NATO in response to Russia...
4 giorni fa · What was once envisioned as an adjunct to the United Nations addressing war and peace has now evolved, with NATO extending its reach far beyond the Atlantic to forge partnerships with Asian countries in a militarized response to China's rise.
4 giorni fa · This base housed US nuclear submarines during the Cold War, allowing the US to patrol waters 1,500 miles from the USSR. Image source, National Museum of Scotland. Image caption,
4 giorni fa · A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland explores Scotland’s critical position on the frontline of the Cold War. Cold War Scotland (13 Jul 2024 – 26 Jan 2025), features dozens of...
The new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland is looking at the role ordinary Scots played in the Cold War - the name given to the decades of deadlock that saw the US and the USSR ...
