Turkey (Asia Minor) being a border nation to the USSR had to be contested with various forms of persuasion (supplying them with US jets as one example); ultimately allowing US forces to deploy missiles in their country.
The Korean War was the first armed confrontation of the Cold War and set the standard for many later conflicts. It created the idea of a proxy war, where the two superpowers would fight in another...
The Korean war was another of those smaller wars during the cold war era: it again brought major powers (Democratic versus Communism) in conflict, ending in a stalemate: NATO went without apporval of...
When the soviets launched Sputnik, it caused America to freak out. They were worried that the satellite contained a weapon that would be fired at America. They also feared they were way behind in...
The people became unnerved. Some politicians went looking for Russians or "reds" in different corners of the country. The nuclear weapons race was on and fallout shelters got built just in case the...