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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed. It is an alliance where the United States and other western European countries are brought together under one agreement to defend themselves against Soviet aggression. It is still active to this day.

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The idea of communism in the west soon lead to new beginnings in the east. More specifically, eastern Asian countries. The Invasion of South Korea from the communist North Korea in 1950 lead to a three year bitter war that ended in a standoff.

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In response to the creation of NATO, the Soviet Union and other western communist countries created the Warsaw Pact. It was an agreement intended to bind the communist countries together for protection. It's main goal was to shield their countries from capitalist values, and keep true to communist ideologies.

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Communism during the 1960's spread to all parts of the globe. South Asia is no exception, with the spread of communism to the country of Vietnam. The unification of powers in the fully communist country of Vietnam lead to the involvement of the Untied States in the Vietnam War. It wasn't unit 1975 where Vietnam won the war and became fully unified under communism.

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The Cuban Missile Crisis is an event set in history where the United States came the closest to nuclear warfare. United States president John F. Kennedy ensured after thirteen long and stressful days the leaders of the United States and Fidel Castro come to an agreement. One where the Soviet Union would remove it's missile's from Cuba, and in exchange, the United States would not Invade Cuba.

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The country of Indonesia received large amounts of Soviet and Eastern European aid. However, the Indonesian communist party decided to continue with the dismantlement of it's communist government. The result of this event lead to the killing of over half a million suspected communists.

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The year of 1970 is very important because it is the year a major writer recognizes the United State's incredible military strength. Reporting over 1,000,000 soldiers, and active member of 53 international organizations, and having mutual defense treaties with 42 nations. The United States grew an astronomical amount during a very short amount of time. It shows how quick becoming a world super power is possible.

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Egypt is now apart from the Soviet Union. After many years of being an Ally, Egypt is declined assistance from the United States for building the Aswan Dam. However, that changes when Egypt cuts ties and decides to expel 21,000 Soviet advisers.

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The Marxist party had taken power in 1978 over Afghanistan. The leaders of the Communist world were thrilled at the idea of another country transitioning to communism especially being so close to the Soviet Union's southern border. After some time, the Soviet Union felt it was necessary to intervene in the growing opposition to the new communist state in Afghanistan. However, they started a war they could not win.

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During the late 1980's and early 1990's, decolonization was the focus. Ensuring a world war like scenario would never happen again was the focus point for every agreement for the near future. With decolonization being focused in south Asia, where the Japanese and Chinese are, world leaders took it very seriously.