The nature of Cold War competition
Why no direct war?
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Forms of competition
Major Cold War crises and conflicts
The Korean War (1950-1953)
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
The Vietnam War (1955-1975)
The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)
Cold War in the developing world
Latin America
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Africa
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The Middle East
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Detente and renewed tension
Detente (1960s-1970s)
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Renewed tension (1979-1985)
The end of the Cold War
Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms
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The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe (1989)
The dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
Primary sources
Nikita Khrushchev during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
Ho Chi Minh, Declaration of Independence of Vietnam (1945)
Ronald Reagan, "Evil Empire" speech (1983)
Key figures
Key events summary
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