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The Cold War, 1945 - 89

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Iron Curtain   a term used to describe the division line between the Western European democracies and the Eastern European communist countries  
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Satellite States   communist states in Eastern Europe that were loyal to the Soviet Union  
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Containment   the policy followed by President Truman in not allowing the spread of communism  
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Peaceful co-existence   a policy developed by Khrushchev to enable capitalism and communism to exist side by side peacefully in the world  
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Detente   an easing of tensions between the Cold War superpowers  
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Glasnost   a policy of openness introduced by Gorbachev which allowed people to criticise the communist system  
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Perestoika   a policy introduced by Gorbachev aimed at rebuilding the economy of the Soviet Union  
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