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(Bonus) The Red Scare during the Cold War - Wikipedia

Then and Now: Global History and Culture

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(Bonus) The post–Cold War era is a period of history that follows the end of the , which represents history after the  in December 1991. This period saw many former  become  nations, as well as the introduction of  in . This period also marked the  becoming the world's sole . Relatively to the Cold War, the period is characterized by stabilization and disarmament. Both the United States and Russia significantly . The former  became democratic and was integrated into world economy. Most of former Soviet...

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(Bonus) The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), nicknamed the " program", was a proposed  system intended to protect the United States from attack by   ( and ). The concept was announced on March 23, 1983, by President , a vocal critic of the doctrine of  (MAD), which he described as a "". Reagan called upon American scientists and engineers to develop a system that would render  obsolete. Elements of the program reemerged in 2019 with the  (SDA). The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO)...

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(Bonus) The Day After is an American  that first aired on November 20, 1983 on the  television network. The film postulates a fictional war between the  and the  over  that rapidly escalates into a full-scale  between the  and the . The action itself focuses on the residents of ; ; and several family farms near American . The cast includes , , , , and . The film was written by , produced by Robert Papazian, and directed by . The film was broadcast...

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S16-E01 Topics: Strategic Defense Initiative, The Day After movie, Eastern Europe Collapse, Post Cold War Era. The following links allow you to subscribe: and , , , , , Gaana, , , , , Samsung Listen, , , , , and . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me, [email protected] You can also check out my other four podcasts and other social media at  

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(Bonus) The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the  in 1917 during the  announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in , then an  region with a small minority  population. The declaration was contained in a letter dated 2 November 1917 from the United Kingdom's   to , a leader of the , for transmission to the . The text of the declaration was published in the press on 9 November 1917. Immediately following their declaration of war on...

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(Bonus) The domino theory is a  theory which posits that increases or decreases in  in one country tend to spread to neighboring countries in a . It was prominent in the  from the 1950s to the 1980s in the context of the , suggesting that if one country in a region came under the influence of , then the surrounding countries would follow. It was used by successive United States administrations during the  as justification for  around the world. Former   described the theory during a news conference...

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(Bonus) The Korean conflict is an  based on the division of  between  (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and  (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole  of all of Korea. During the , North Korea was backed by the , , and , while South Korea was backed by the , , and . The  by the United States and the Soviet Union occurred in 1945 after the defeat of Japan ended , and both superpowers created separate governments in 1948. Tensions erupted into the , which lasted...

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S16-E05 Topics: Korean Conflict, Domino Theory of Communist Conquest, Cuban Missile Crisis, Israel Established, Arab-Israel Wars. The following links allow you to subscribe: and , , , , , Gaana, , , , , Samsung Listen, , , , , and . Automatically available through these podcast apps: Castamatic, iCatcher, Overcast, Pocket Casts, RSSRadio, and more. Please post comments to the individual episodes, post to the iTunes podcast review and rating section, and email to me, [email protected] You can also check out my other four podcasts and other social media at  

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(Bonus) The Truman Doctrine is an  that pledges American "support for  against  threats." The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the  during the . It was announced to  by President  on March 12, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to oppose the   and . More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by . It led to the formation of  in 1949. Historians often use Truman's speech to...

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(Bonus) The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to . The  transferred $13.3 billion (equivalent to $173 billion in 2023) in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of . Replacing an earlier proposal for a , it operated for four years beginning on April 3, 1948, though in 1951, the Marshall Plan was largely replaced by the . The goals of the United States were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove , modernize ,...

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(Bonus) This article provides an overview of the "Red Scare" during the 1950s and 1960s: the fear of worldwide Communism. The article is from Wikipedia.