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A group of men in suits sits around a large wooden table in a dimly lit room, with a map of Europe and an 'IRON CURTAIN' poster on the wall, in a photorealistic style.

A group of men in suits sits around a large wooden table in a dimly lit room, with a map of Europe and an 'IRON CURTAIN' poster on the wall, in a photorealistic style.

Topics to choose from: Ideological Conflicts & Rivalry Capitalism vs. Communism Containment Policy / Domino Theory Iron Curtain / Division of Europe NATO vs. Warsaw Pact Key Events Berlin Blockade & Airlift (1948–49) Korean War (1950–53) Hungarian Uprising (1956) U-2 Spy Plane Incident (1960) Berlin Wall built (1961) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Vietnam War (U.S. involvement: 1965–73) Prague Spring (1968) Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979–89) Fall of Berlin Wall (1989) Dissolution of the USSR (1991) Arms Race & Space Race Nuclear Arms Race / Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) Hydrogen Bomb development Space Race: Sputnik (1957), Apollo 11 (1969) Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) Cold War Culture & Tension Red Scare / McCarthyism (1950s) Duck and Cover drills Proxy wars in Latin America, Africa, and Asia Espionage and Spying (CIA vs. KGB) Olympic boycotts (1980 Moscow, 1984 LA) Mehr sehen