What two shocks in 1949 ushered in the third and most rigid phase of the Cold War?
a. Soviet explosion of a nuclear weapon and the Korean War
b. The Berlin blockade and Chinese Communist Party control of the Chinese mainland
c. Communist control in Czechoslovakia and the Berlin blockade
d. Soviet explosion of a nuclear weapon and communist full control of Czechoslovakia
e. Soviet explosion of a nuclear weapon and Chinese Communist Party control of the Chinese mainland
Answer: e
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