The Cold War: How It Ended

The Cold War refers to the period of cool relations between the Western powers and communist countries dominated by the USSR, roughly between 1947-1953.

The Cold War eased with the death of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in 1953, and a final symbolic end came with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the tearing down of the Berlin Wall in 1990.

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, set up to protect several western European countries through mutual defense.

<p>NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Canada and the continental United States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The defense agreement, North American Aerospace Defense Command, was signed in 1958 between Canada and the United States.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tense arms race threatening world peace</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To protect several western European countries</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Aerospace warning and air sovereignty</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1958</p> Signup and view all the answers