Cold War Terms

Espionage

spying, or using spies

Political subversion

a systematic attempt to throw off or weaken a government

Proxy war

a war investigated by a major power which does not itself become involved

Western Bloc 

unofficial group of countries working with the US against the Soviet Union

War crime tribunal

a court created for people who violated war crimes

Iron Curtain

a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Truman Doctrine

the providence of political, military, and economic aid to countries threatened by communism

Berlin Airlift

the US and UK airlifted food to West Berlin when the Soviet Union blockaded

OSS (Office of Strategic Services)

US first intelligence agency