List of Twilight Struggle References
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This article contains a list of people, places, and things involved in as well as events that took place during the Cold War that are referenced in the board game Twilight Struggle.
Early War Cards[1][edit]
U.S.A.
- Duck and Cover (Duck and Cover (film))
- NATO (North Atlantic Treaty)
- Containment
- East European Unrest
- Special Relationship
- Five Year Plan (Five-year plans of the Soviet Union)
- Independent Reds
- CIA Created (History of the Central Intelligence Agency)
- Formosan Resolution (Formosa Resolution of 1955)
- NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
- Truman Doctrine
- Marshall Plan
- US/Japan Mutual Defense Pact (Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan)
- Defectors (List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors)
- Kremlin FluP (Lists of members of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union)
- Nationalist ChinaZ (Republic of China (1912–1949)#Post-World War II)
Neutral
- Captured Nazi Scientists (Operation Paperclip)
- Indo-Pakistani War
- UN Intervention (United Nations#Cold War Era)
- The China Card
- Olympic Games
- Red Scare/Purge
- Nuclear Test Ban (Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty)
U.S.S.R
- Socialist Governments
- Blockade (Berlin Blockade)
- Arab-Israeli War
- Warsaw Pact Formed
- Decolonization (Decolonization#After 1945)
- Fidel (Fidel Castro)
- Korean War
- Comecon
- De Gaulle Leads France (Charles de Gaulle#1958–1962: Founding of the Fifth Republic)
- De-Stalinization
- Vietnam Revolts (Battle of Dien Bien Phu)
- Romanian Abdication (Michael I of Romania#Forced abdication)
- Nasser (Gamal Abdel Nasser)
- Suez Crisis
- The Cambridge Five
- First LightningP (RDS-1)
- Who Lost ChinaP (Loss of China)
Mid War Cards[1][edit]
U.S.A.
- Nuclear Subs (History of submarines#Post-War)
- Colonial Rear Guards
- Puppet Governments (Puppet state#Decolonization and Cold War)
- OAS Founded (Charter of the Organization of American States)
- Shuttle Diplomacy
- "Ask not what your country can do for you..." (Inauguration of John F. Kennedy#Inaugural address)
- Bear Trap (Soviet–Afghan War)
- Panama Canal Returned (Torrijos–Carter Treaties)
- Grain Sales to Soviets (Great Grain Robbery)
- Nixon Plays The China Card (Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China)
- The Voice of America (Voice of America#Cold War)
- Alliance for Progress
- Kitchen Debates
- Camp David Accords
- John Paul II Elected Pope (Holy See–Soviet Union relations#John Paul II and Soviet collapse: 1978 to 1991)
- Sadat Expels Soviets (History of Egypt under Anwar Sadat)
- Ussuri River Skirmish (Sino-Soviet border conflict)
- Our Man in Tehran (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi)
- Mobutu Sese SekoP
- "Don't Wait For The Translation"P (Adlai Stevenson II#Cuban Missile Crisis)
Neutral
- Brush War
- Arms Race (Nuclear arms race)
- Summit (List of Soviet Union–United States summits)
- Missile Envy (Helen Caldicott)
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying (Dr. Strangelove)
- ABM Treaty (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty)
- "One Small Step..."
- SALT Negotiations (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
- Junta (Military junta)
- Latin American Death Squads
- Non-Aligned MovementP (Non-Aligned Movement#Origins and the Cold War)
U.S.S.R
- Quagmire (Vietnam War)
- Portuguese Empire Crumbles (Portuguese Empire#Decolonization (1951–1999))
- Willy Brandt
- Flower Power
- "Lone Gunman"
- We Will Bury You
- South African Unrest (History of South Africa#Apartheid era (1948–1994))
- Muslim Revolution (Iranian Revolution)
- U2 Incident (1960 U-2 incident)
- Liberation Theology (Latin American liberation theology)
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- Allende (Salvador Allende)
- Cultural Revolution
- OPEC
- Che (Che Guevara)
- Berlin WallP
Late War Cards[1][edit]
U.S.A.
- The Iron Lady (Margaret Thatcher)
- Star Wars (Strategic Defense Initiative)
- Soviets Shoot Down KAL-007 (Korean Air Lines Flight 007)
- Tear Down This Wall
- Solidarity (Solidarity (Polish trade union))
- Reagan Bombs Libya (1986 United States bombing of Libya)
- North Sea Oil
- Chernobyl (Chernobyl disaster)
- "An Evil Empire" (Evil Empire speech)
- AWACS Sale to Saudis (US–Saudi Arabia AWACS Sale)
Neutral
- Terrorism
- Wargames
- Iran–Iraq War
- Stanislav PetrovP
U.S.S.R.
- Iran Hostage Crisis
- Marine Barracks Bombing (1983 Beirut barracks bombings)
- Ortega Elected in Nicaragua (Daniel Ortega#Sandinista revolution (1979–1990))
- Latin American Debt Crisis
- Pershing II Deployed (Pershing II#Deployment)
- The Reformer (Perestroika)
- Glasnost
- Iran-Contra Scandal (Iran–Contra affair)
- Aldrich Ames Remix
- Yuri and Samantha (Samantha Smith)
Space Race[edit]
- H-BombS (Thermonuclear weapon)
- Earth Satellite
- Animal in Space
- ICBMsS (Intercontinental ballistic missile#Cold War)
- Man in Space
- Man in Earth Orbit
- Lunar Orbit
- Eagle/Bear has Landed (Apollo 11)
- MIRVsS (Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle)
- Anti-Ballistic MissilesS
- Neutron BombsS
- Space Shuttle
- Space Station
- SDIS (Strategic Defense Initiative)
Crisis CardsZ[edit]
- Chinese Civil War
- Yalta and Potsdam
- 1945 UK Election (1945 United Kingdom general election)
- Israel
- VE Day (Victory in Europe Day)
- VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day)
StatecraftZ[edit]
U.S.A.
- Kennan (George F. Kennan)
- Acheson (Dean Acheson)
- Dulles (John Foster Dulles)
- Marshall (George C. Marshall)
- OSS (Office of Strategic Services)
U.S.S.R.
- Andropov (Yuri Andropov)
- Molotov (Vyacheslav Molotov)
- Khrushchev (Nikita Khrushchev)
- Beria (Lavrentiy Beria)
- KGB
Turn Leaders[edit]
- Joseph Stalin
- Harry S. Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Nikita Khrushchev
- John F. Kennedy
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- Mikhail Gorbachev
Territories[2][edit]
West Europe
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- France
- West Germany
- Italy
- Greece
- Turkey
- Spain
- Portugal
- Benelux
- Norway
- Sweden
- Denmark
West/East Europe
East Europe
Middle East
- Israel
- Iraq
- Iran
- Lebanon
- Syria
- Gulf States (Arab states of the Persian Gulf)
- Saudi Arabia
- Jordan
- Egypt
- Libya
Asia
South East Asia
Central America
South America
Africa
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Morocco
- West African States
- Saharan States
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Sudan
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- Cameroon
- Zaire
- Kenya
- Angola
- South East African States
- Zimbabwe
- Botswana
- South Africa
Game mechanics[edit]
- DEFCON
- Coup (Coup d'état)
- Influence (Sphere of influence#Cold War (1947–91))
- Realignment (Political realignment)
- Military Operations
- Stability Number (List of countries by Fragile States Index)
Notes[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Twilight Struggle Card List". Twilight Strategy. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ↑ "GMT Games - Twilight Struggle Deluxe Edition, 8th Printing". www.gmtgames.com. Retrieved 2021-07-05. Unknown parameter
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