The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II is often referred to as the . [Hint]
In 1947, the United States proclaimed its , a program of substantial loans that was designed to aid Western nations in rebuilding from the war's devastation. [Hint]
The final new ingredient of Europe's diplomatic framework, the between the United States and the Soviet Union, had a durable influence on politics and society in the West. [Hint]
Several new political movements surfaced in postwar Europe, notably an important current that was wedded to democratic institutions and moderate social reform. [Hint]
France, Britain, and the United States merged their zones of occupation into what became the . [Hint]
France, pressed by the war in , changed its constitution in 1958. [Hint]
The consolidation of democracy and the shift leftward of the political spectrum entailed a general movement toward a state. [Hint]
A new breed of bureaucrat, often called a "" because of intense training in engineering or economics, came to the fore in the offices of government. [Hint]
In Britain, Conservative leader began the longest-running prime ministership in history in 1979. [Hint]
In 1958, six West European nations set up the , or Common Market, to begin to create a single economic entity across national boundaries. [Hint]
A Common Market bureaucracy was established, ultimately in , to oversee operations. [Hint]
A new began to take shape with the publication in 1949 of The Second Sex by the French intellectual Simone de Beauvoir. [Hint]
The widespread exodus to West Germany from East Germany continued until the was built in 1961. [Hint]
A challenge to communist rule came from Poland in the late 1970s in the form of an independent labor movement called . [Hint]
, exiled to the West because of his trilogy on Siberian prison camps, found the West too materialistic. [Hint]
In 1956 a new Soviet leader, , emerged from the committee pack to gain primary power. [Hint]
The first manned spacecraft, , was sent up in 1957, well in advance of the U.S. response. [Hint]