stalin severing all road, rail, and canal links with west berlin and USA saw it as an attack on west germany. the allies responded with airlifts of supplies into west berlin and the city was able to survive

method of containment: economic aid and negotiations

north korea invaded south korea and the US stepped in to help south korea and china got involved to support north korea. the war ended in a stalemate with the korean rmistice agreement

method of containment: military aid and proxy wars

the US detonated its first hydrogen bomb called ivy mike on enewetak atoll and it intensified the arms race with the soviet union

method of containment: building up defenses

a failed CIA-backed invasion of cuba by cuban exiles with the goal of overthrowing fidel castros communist gov and this ended up increasing tensions between US and Cuba

method of containment: clandestine operations

considered one of the most dangerous and tense moment in the whole of the cold war. it was between the US and the soviet union over the installment of nuclear armed soviet missiles on cuba and escalated into a fullscale nuclear war leaving the USA gaining great political success, cuba becoming a communist country, removal of US missiles from turkey, and a hotline phone link.

method of containment: building up defenses

US military involvement in vietnam escalated overtime but a key turning point was when president lyndon b johnson sent the first official contingent of US combat troops to south vietnam. US troop levels peaked with around 400,000 in the country

method of containment: military aid, proxy wars

general pinochet led a military coup in chile that overthrew the democratically elected socialist government of president salvador allende. the coup was supported by the US which was working to destabilize allendes gov. during the coup the military bombed the presidential palace and allende died during this attack, pinochet then established a military dictatorship

method of containment: clandestine operations, forging alliances,

aimed to ease tensions with the soviet union and chins, SALT I was signed and the US and soviet union cooperate to manage the yom kippur war, nixon visits the soviet union again which further solidifies detente

method of containment: negotiations

soviets aimed to support the pro communist afghan gov against the mujahideen rebels. the invasion led to a prolonged war, increasing cold war tensions. America put a ban on the export of grain to Russia, ended the SALT talks taking place then and boycotted the Olympic Games due

to be held in Moscow in 1980.

methods of containment: boycotts and economic sanctions

increasing military spending to expand the US armed forces and challenge soviet influence. the goal was the strengthen the US position in the cold war. raegan signed INF treaty

method of containment: building up defenses