Cold War: Crises, Conflicts, and Rivalries

📋 Course Outline

1. Major Cold War crises and conflicts from 1948 to 1973
2. Ideological division and military alliances between East and West blocs
3. Cultural, technological, and informational competition in the Cold War
4. Key Cold War dates and events from 1945 to 1991
5. Definitions of key Cold War vocabulary and concepts
6. Comparison of Western and Eastern blocs’ political, economic, and military characteristics
7. Prominent Cold War leaders and their periods of influence
8. Nature of Cold War tensions and indirect conflicts between the US and USSR

📖 1. Major Cold War crises and conflicts from 1948 to 1973

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Guerre froide : a geopolitical conflict characterized by indirect confrontation between nuclear-armed superpowers, primarily the USSR and the US, without direct military engagement.

📝 Essential Points