Containment (1947)

The Cold War: Strategy and Competition

EQ:

Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1949)

Soviets Get Atomic Bomb (1949) Formation of NATO (1949)

Korean War (1950-1953) U.S. and Soviets Develop H-Bombs (1952-1953)

Soviets Launch Sputnik Cuban Revolution (1959)

Escalation of the Cold War

Possible Nuclear War