The Cold War

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Q. What Is A Cold War?
A. a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.
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Q. What Was The Cuban Missile Crisis?
A. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. Fifty years ago the United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. In October 1962 President John F. Kennedy was told via spy planes
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Q. What Was The Hungarian Revolution?
A. Nagy then tried to push the Hungarian revolt forward by abolishing one-party rule. He also announced that Hungary was withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact (the Soviet bloc's equivalent of NATO.
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Q. What Was The Berlin Airlift?
A. when Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
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Q. What Was The Bay Of Pigs Invasion?
A. 400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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A. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. Fifty years ago the United States and the Soviet Union stood closer to Armageddon than at any other moment in history. In October 1962 President John F. Kennedy was told via spy planes

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