Due to Stalin cutting off Berlins supplies of fuel, power, and food, the United States begins airlifting supplies to Berlin without getting into conflict with the Soviet Union.

Method of Containment: Economic Aid

Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. UN authorized sending U.S. troops to Korea and they quickly pushed North Korean troops back to China, who then got nervous and sent 1 million volunteers. U.S. troops were pushed back into South Korea and lost the nations capitol. The Korean war ended in July 1963

Method of Containment: Proxy Wars

United States tested a nuclear bomb that was 450 times more powerful than the bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It yielded 10.4 megatons and had enough power to destroy an entire continent.

Method of Containment: Building up Defenses

JFK sent his supports to the people wanting to invade Cuba. 1500 Cuban exiles are backed by the FBI, but the invasion failed and the U.S. was forced to send $3 million to Cuba in return for captured troops.

Method of Containment: Proxy Wars

When the USSR placed missiles in Cuba, the U.S. had to figure out a solution without being bombed by nuclear weapons that could destroy 90% of the United States. Eventually, USSR negotiated removing the missiles and turning their ships around in the return of the U.S. removing their missiles from Turkey.

Method of Containment: Negotiations

After the United States bombs Vietnam, 400,000 troops are in the country by 1966.

Method of Containment: Proxy Wars

After Allende, a socialist, was elected to office in Chile, the United States authorized a "destabilization" strategy. After disrupting the economy and encouraging Chilean military officers to organize a coup, Allende was assassinated and Pinochet replaced him.

Method of Containment: Military Aid

Two and a half years after Nixon was elected president, the first round of SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Tasks) came to a close May 26, when Nixon and General Secretary Brezhnev signed the AMB treaty and the Interim Agreement

Method of Containment: Negotiations

Soviet troops sent in to support the Government against Islamic Mujahadeen. SALT talks ended and Russia boycotts the Olympic games as they are held in Moscow.

Method of Containment: Proxy Wars

New generation of long-range bombers, enlarged Navy, poison gas, larger special forces unit, and a missile system.

Method of Containment: Building up Defenses